
Small Grebes
Tachybaptus
Tachybaptus is a genus of small members of the grebe family birds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek takhus "fast" and bapto "to sink under". It has representatives over much of the world, including the tropics.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Little Grebe
speciesTachybaptus ruficollis

Australasian Grebe
speciesTachybaptus novaehollandiae

Least Grebe
speciesTachybaptus dominicus

Madagascar Grebe
speciesTachybaptus pelzelnii

Alaotra Grebe
speciesTachybaptus rufolavatus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 4236.