Class:
Aves
Family:
Podicipedidae
Common Name:
Great Crested Grebe
Genus:
Podiceps
Species Name:
cristatus
About The Great Crested Grebe
Great crested grebes are known for their elaborate mating dance. They stretch their neck towards each other, rising out of the water breast to breast. In the spring, you often see them swimming with their young on their backs. When sensing danger, great crested grebes dive underwater, with the chicks clinging to their back.
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Trips Where Observed
Eastern Australia
Indonesia
Japan
New Zealand
Siberia
Svalbard, Canary Islands, and Spain
Member Lifelists
Asia
Australasia
Europe
World
Sites Where Observed
4/4/2006
A ways out there from the western shore.
7/19/2008
In the first pond as you would arrive from the railway station, I saw a family of the grebe with another single grebe nearby.
1/18/2012
Local Name: Australasian Crested Grebe.
