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Silvery Grebe
Podiceps occipitalis Garnot, 1826
Also calledBlanquillo (spa) · Chupil (spa) · Inka-Taucher (deu) · Inkataucher (deu) · Macá plateado (spa) · Myaka (grn) · Silbertaucher (deu) · Srebrni gnjurac (srp) · Svasso argentato (ita) · Uywantullu (que) · Zambullidor Plateado (spa) · Zampullín blanquillo (spa) · Zampullín blanquillo meridional (spa) · Zampullín plateado (spa)
First described in: Garnot, M. P. (1826). Remarques sur la Zoologie des iles Malouines, faites pendant le Voyage autour du monde de la Corvette la Coquille, exécuté en 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Annales Des Sciences Naturelles, Vol. 7.
The silvery grebe (Podiceps occipitalis) is a species of grebe in the family Podicipedidae. It is found in the western and southern part of South America where it inhabits lakes and other types of open wetlands. There are two subspecies, which by some recent authorities are considered separate species.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Distribution
Breeding regions are SA. Breeding subregions are montane lakes of c Andes of Colombia to n Chile and nw Argentina; c, s Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego; Falkland Is..
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Amenazas
Categori?a de Amenaza (Rengifo et al. 2002): EN (En Peligro). AICAs segu?n lo propuesto por Renjifo et al. (2002) y BirdLife International y Conservation International (2005): CO4
Aves del departamento de Nariño, Colombia
Distribución
Ecorregión (Hernández et al. (1992): Northwester Andean montane forests (NAmf): Distrito Bosques Andinos Nariño occidental y Distrito Selva subanadina vertiente Pacífico-Cauca; Eastern Cordillera real montane forest (ECmf): Distrito Alto Patía
Aves del departamento de Nariño, Colombia
distribution
occurs in patches from Colombia to southern Peru and continuously from northern Chile to southern South America, occurring sparsely through southern and southeastern Brazil (Llimona & del Hoyo, 1992). The subspecies P. o. occipitalis occurs from north-central Chile and Argentina south as far as Tierra del Fuego and Malvinas / Falklands. In Brazil, there are sparse records of vagrant individuals for Santa Catarina (SC), Paraná (PR) (Bornschein et al., 2004) and São Paulo (SP) (Schunck, 2007).
An overview of migratory birds in Brazil
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Description
The silvery grebe is about 28 cm (11 in) in length. There are two different subspecies which differ in the colouring on their head and facial plumes. In the southern form, the ear plumes are yellowish and the side of the head and throat are grey. In the northern form, the ear plumes are grey and the side of the head and throat are white. Both have a crown that is black and the neck, chest and belly are white while the back is dark grey and the sides and flanks blackish. The beak and feet are black and the eye red. The northern form in particular is similar in appearance to the rare and highly localized Junin grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii), and their ranges overlap.
Range & habitat
The silvery grebe nests in Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Chile, and the western parts of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. The southern silvery grebe is migratory, in winter ranging north to Paraguay, southern Bolivia and southern Brazil and possibly also in Uruguay. Its habitat is freshwater lakes, lagoons, reservoirs and ponds. In the Andes it tends to have a preference for weakly alkaline lakes and is sometimes found foraging on hypersaline lakes. In Patagonia, it sometimes inhabits saline lakes where it can be found in the company of flamingoes.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2482063.