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Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent, Frank Fragano,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, José Luis Cartes, Rebecca Zarza,
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PIED-BILLED GREBE Podilymbus podiceps
To North American birders the Pied-billed Grebe needs no introduction, in fact he is the most widespread of all the New World grebes! Grebes are expert swimmers with lobed toes and come to land only to breed. In fact they are not very fond of land at all, their legs are set so far back on their body that it means that walking becomes a terrible chore! He is much more at home on the water where he dives freely in search of his invertebrate prey.
FIGURE 1 - Adult dorsal view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith December 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 1 - Adult ventral view, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2004 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 3 - Juvenile, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel November 2004 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
FIGURE 4 - Nestling with nestling, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated)
FIGURE 5 - Nestling, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated)
VIDEO - Adults pursuing a Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2006 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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Podilymbus podiceps duet recorded PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007 - ECOSARA Biodiversity Database).
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