Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Grebes :: Pied-billed Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - May 22, 2002 © William Hull  Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - May 22, 2002 © William Hull  Moss Landing, Monterey County, California, USA - Apr 14, 2006 © William Hull  Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jul 2, 2002 © William Hull  Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jul 2, 2002 © William Hull 
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Range

C. Canada s. through the United States, Mexico, Central America, West Indies to s. South America;
(1) Breeds from s. coastal Alaska (Copper River region), sw., c. and se. Canada (c. British Columbia, sc. Mackenzie, n. Alberta, n. Saskatchewan, n. Manitoba, c. Ontario, sw. Quebec, s. New Brunswick, Prince Edward Is. and Nova Scotia), s. through the United States (c. Maine) to c. Mexico (Guanajuato) and the n. West Indies (Bahamas, Great Inagua) and sparingly in Guatemala (Lake Atitlan), w. Panama (Bocas del Toro, Chiriqui). Winters in the s. part of its range and in Cuba and Hawaiian Is. (Hawaii at 'Aimakapa Pond).
(2) Resident throughout the West Indies, c. Mexico (Colima, Jalisco, Mexico), Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
(3) Resident in Panama (Canal Zone) e. to n. Colombia, n. Venezuela (Zulia, Carabobo, Aragua, Monagas), Trinidad, Tobago, w. Ecuador, w. Peru, Chile (Atacama to Aisen and Chiloe Is.), coastal Guyana, Surinam, Guiana and e. from c. Brazil (Maranhao and Bahia (Chapada Diamantina) s. to Rio Grande do Sul), c. Paraguay, n. and e. Uruguay to c. Chile (Chiloe Is.) and s. Argentina (Chubut).
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North America n. of Mexican border
(1) Summer: s. coastal ALK, sc. BCO, n. ALB, NWT, (se. MAC), n. SAS, n. MAN, c. ONT, s. QUE, e. NBR, PEI, NSC, WAS, ORE, CAL, IDH, NEV, ARZ, UTH, MON, WYO, COL, NMX, NDK, SDK, NEB, KAN, OKA, TEX, MIN, IWA, MOU, ARK, LOU, WIS, ILL, MIC, IND, KTY, TEN, MIS, ALA, OHO, PEN, NYK, WVA, VIR, NCA, SCA, GEO, FLA, MYD, DEL, NJY, VMT, NHP, MAS, CNT, RID, se. MAE;
Winter: sw. BCO, WAS, ORE, CAL, NEV, ARZ, UTH, w. COL, c. NMX, TEX, e. OKA, ARK, s. MOU, LOU, MIS, s. ILL, KTY, TEN, ALA, GEO, FLA, SCA, NCA, VIR, DEL, MYD, e. PEN, NJY, se. NYK, CNT, e. MAS.

Videos

Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jun, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Adult and chicks swimming.

Miami Whitewater County Park, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA - Jul, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Juvenile birds swimming.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Naturesongs.com
Minas, Lavalleja County, Uruguay - Mar 18, 2007 Source: Alvaro Riccetto Revello

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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