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Titicaca Grebe

Rollandia microptera

Endangered

Envergadura

23,5 cm

Peso

706,0 g

Familia

Podicipedidae

Orden

Podicipediformes

Acerca de

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.

Physical Description

Measurement	Value	Imperial
Envergadura	23,5 cm	9.3 in
Peso	706,0 g	24.90 oz

Habitat & Range

🌿 Humedal

Estado de conservación

Endangered

IUCN Red List

Comportamiento y reproducción

Nidificación

Nest type: PL.

Tamaño de la puesta

1-4

Taxonomía

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Orden	Podicipediformes (Somormujos y Zampullines)
Familia	Podicipedidae (Zampullines)
Genus	Rollandia
Especies	Rollandia microptera

Distribution

Titicaca Grebe has been recorded in 1 countries.

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Presente Not recorded