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Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps

Small water bird
Brown head and body, with tufted, whitish rump
Small head and bill
Bill short, but thick
Bill pale, with black ring around it in summer
Black throat in summer
Size: 12-15 in
Wingspan: 18-24 in
Weight: 9-20 ounces
Sexes look alike

Syllables: pied billed grebe
Pronunciation: paid grib



Pied-billed Grebe
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Pied-billed Grebe
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The Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
is a member of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlan Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus.

The Pied-billed Grebe breeds across Canada, parts of the United States and temperate South America. Although this species does not appear to be a strong flier, it has occurred in Europe as a rare vagrant on a number of occasions, and one bird in England bred with a Little Grebe, producing hybrid young.

The most widespread of North American grebes, it is found on remote ponds, marshes, and sluggish streams. It is usually the first grebe to arrive on northern inland waters in springtime, and the last to leave in autumn. It is rare on salt water. This grebe rarely flies, preferring to escape danger by diving.

It feeds on fish (carp, catfish, eels), insects (dragonflies, ants, beetles), and amphibians (frogs, tadpoles).

The Pied-billed Grebe is small at 31-38 cm (12"-15") in length, stocky, and short-necked. It has a short, blunt chicken-like bill, which in summer is encircled by a broad black band (hence the name). It is the only grebe that does not show a white wing patch in flight.

This grebe is usually silent, except in breeding season when the male voices a loud, laughing cuck, cuck, cuck or cow, cow, cow.

Folk names of this grebe include dabchick, devil-diver, dive-dapper, helldiver, and water witch.

Pied-billed Grebe

Scientific classification

         Kingdom: Animalia
         Phylum:   Chordata
         Class:   Aves
         Order:   Podicipediformes
         Family:   Podicipedidae
         Genus:   Podilymbus
         Species:  P. Podiceps

Binomial name
Podilymbus podiceps