Titicaca Grebe vs Alaotra Grebe

Rollandia microptera से तुलना Tachybaptus rufolavatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

विशेषता Titicaca Grebe Alaotra Grebe
वैज्ञानिक नाम Rollandia microptera Tachybaptus rufolavatus
गण Podicipediformes Podicipediformes
कुल Podicipedidae Podicipedidae
संरक्षण स्थिति Endangered Extinct
लंबाई
पंखों का फैलाव 23.5 cm (9.3 in)
वजन 706.0 g (24.90 oz)
आहार -- --
अंडों की संख्या 1-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

साझा आवास

Titicaca Grebe only

कोई नहीं

Alaotra Grebe only

कोई नहीं

संरक्षण स्थिति

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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