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WetlandPlatform nestMedium · 184 g
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The Madagascar grebe is around 25 cm long. It can be identified in its breeding plumage, consisting of a blackish cap and line down the neck, often reddish rear ear-coverts and sides of the neck, pale grey cheeks, throat and foreneck. Some individuals have a narrow whitish line under the eye between the cap and ear-coverts.
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When to see the Madagascar Grebe
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Madagascar Grebe
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Madagascar Grebe
The Madagascar grebe is a grebe found only in western and central Madagascar. The binomial name commemorates the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln. It is classified as endangered by the IUCN, with a population of less than 5,000. It is threatened by habitat loss, predation by carnivorous fish, and competition with introduced species.
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Easily confused with
Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicusThe least grebe ranges in length from 21–27 cm (8.3–10.6 in) (depending on the subspecies) and in weight from 112–180 g (4.0–6.3 oz).
Australasian GrebeTachybaptus novaehollandiaeThe Australasian grebe is a small waterbird common on fresh water lakes and rivers in greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands.
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisThe little grebe is a small water bird with a pointed bill.
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