Titicaca Grebe vs Alaotra Grebe

Rollandia microptera comparado com Tachybaptus rufolavatus

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Titicaca Grebe Alaotra Grebe
Nome científico Rollandia microptera Tachybaptus rufolavatus
Ordem Podicipediformes Podicipediformes
Família Podicipedidae Podicipedidae
Estado de conservação Endangered Extinct
Comprimento
Envergadura 23,5 cm (9.3 in)
Peso 706,0 g (24.90 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura 1-4 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Titicaca Grebe only

Nenhum

Alaotra Grebe only

Nenhum

Estado de conservação

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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