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Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus ORDER: PODICIPEDIFORMES FAMILY: PODICIPEDIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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The smallest grebe in the Americas, the Least Grebe inhabits both temporary and permanent wetlands from south Texas to Argentina. Easily overlooked because of its size, coloration, and habits, it remains the most poorly understood of North American grebes.

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Calls

  • Trill
    Recorded by Jim Goetz
    Texas January 2007
  • Call
    Recorded by Jim Goetz
    Texas January 2007
  • Call
    Recorded by Jim Goetz
    Texas January 2007
  • Call
    Recorded by Jim Goetz
    Texas January 2007
  • Call
    Recorded by Jim Goetz
    Texas January 2007
  • Chick call
    Recorded by Jim Goetz
    Texas January 2007
    • Courtesy of Macaulay Library
    © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

Call is a loud, ringing, nasal single-syllable note. Also an extended trill.

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