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WetlandPlatform nestLarge · 412 g
What the Pied-billed Grebe sounds like
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Pied-billed grebes are small, stocky, and short-necked. They are 31–38 cm (12–15 in) in length, with a wingspan of 45–62 cm (18–24 in) and weigh 253–568 g (8.9–20.0 oz). They are mainly brown, with a darker crown and back. Their brown color serves as camouflage in the marshes they live in. They do not have white visible under their wings when flying, like other grebes. Their undertail is white and they have a short, blunt chicken-like bill that is a light grey color, which in summer is encircled by a broad black band (hence the name). In the summer, its throat is black. Voice: Its call is unique, loud and sounds like a "whooping kuk-kuk-cow-cow-cow-cowp-cowp". Its call is similar to the yellow-billed cuckoo.
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When to see the Pied-billed Grebe
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pied-billed Grebe
The map shades 57 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Belgium, Iceland, Germany, Netherlands, Suriname.
About the Pied-billed Grebe
The pied-billed grebe is a species of the grebe family of water birds primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas.
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Easily confused with
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusThe great crested grebe is the largest species of grebe in the Old World, though some larger species occur in the Americas.
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollisThe little grebe is a small water bird with a pointed bill.
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusThe species can be recognised by its orange-red and black breeding plumage, its black and white non-breeding plumage, and its characteristic "horns".
Side by side: Great Crested Grebe vs Pied-billed Grebe · Little Grebe vs Pied-billed Grebe · Horned Grebe vs Pied-billed Grebe
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