LITTLE GREBE

 

Photographed in southern outskirts of Siem Reap, Cambodia, November 2023

(* 1071)               LITTLE GREBE               Tachybaptus ruficollis 

CAMBODIA                43

Found on tanks, lakes and marshes. 25-29 cm. Resident Africa, Madagascar, W Palearctic, C Asia, Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, China, Taiwan, N. S Korea, Japan, Java, Bali, Philippines, Wallacea, New Guinea, Soloman Islands, and uncommon to common resident throughout SE Asia.

AUSTRALASIAN LITTLE GREBE

Photographed at Lake Owhareiti, Pakaraka, North Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

(*   30)                  AUSTRALASIAN LITTLE GREBE                     Tachybaptus novaehollandiae       

NEW ZEALAND               122

Found in lakes and ponds, particularly north of Auckland.

LITTLE GREBE

Subspecies albescens, hotographed March 2017

1071               LITTLE GREBE               Tachybaptus ruficollis 

SRI LANKA                 64

Found on tanks, lakes and marshes. 25-29 cm. Rather common breeding resident in lowlands, and rare breeding resident in high hills.

AUSTRALASIAN GREBE

30         AUSTRALASIAN GREBE       Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

Australia   (30)

Also known as Little Grebe. 23-26 cms. Found all over Australia. Frequents shallow fresh water, dams, wetlands, sewage ponds. Dives when startled. Young hide under parents' wing, even when diving.