Titicaca Grebe vs Alaotra Grebe

Rollandia microptera verglichen mit Tachybaptus rufolavatus

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Merkmal Titicaca Grebe Alaotra Grebe
Wissenschaftlicher Name Rollandia microptera Tachybaptus rufolavatus
Ordnung Podicipediformes Podicipediformes
Familie Podicipedidae Podicipedidae
Erhaltungsstatus Endangered Extinct
Länge
Flügelspannweite 23,5 cm (9.3 in)
Gewicht 706,0 g (24.90 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 1-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Titicaca Grebe only

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Alaotra Grebe only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Endangered

Titicaca Grebe

Extinct

Alaotra Grebe

About These Birds

Titicaca Grebe

Titicaca Grebe (Rollandia microptera) is a large 28–45 cm flightless grebe endemic to Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border at 3,800 m elevation. Brown with rufous neck; greatly reduced wings. Largest of its genus. Endangered; population ~2,000 birds; declining from gill-net drowning, egg collection, and reed-bed reduction. IUCN Endangered.

Alaotra Grebe

Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is an extinct small grebe formerly endemic to Lake Alaotra, Madagascar. Pale buff-brown, weak-winged, likely flightless or near-flightless. Last confirmed record 1985; declared extinct in 2010.

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