Black-necked Grebe
BLACK-NECKED GREBE
Podrices ruficollis
Podicipedidea Family
Length: 302 mm (12") rare, migrant
Bird #450 - December 2013
According to A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines, this bird was only reported once in the Philippines in 5 January 1929. It is a rare migrant to the Philippines.
Tonji spotted the single Black-necked Grebe in a large fishpond. It was with a group of Philippine Ducks and would occasionally swim with them. It was swimming back and forth in the pond and diving. We saw it with a small fish in its bill. It stayed behind in the fishpond when the Philippine Ducks flew off.
Notes on distribution, population, and behavior from BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Podiceps nigricollis :The Black-necked Grebe is found on every continent except Australasia and Antarctica. It can be found from Europe to western Asia and in central and eastern Asia, wintering in the south-west Palearctic, east Asia and east Africa. It can also be found wintering and breeding in southern Africa. Furthermore, it breeds in south-west Canada, western USA and central Mexico, wintering as far south as Guatemala. It is highly gregarious and forms concentrations of hundreds of thousands at certain sites in North America and Asia.
Read MorePodrices ruficollis
Podicipedidea Family
Length: 302 mm (12") rare, migrant
Bird #450 - December 2013
According to A Guide to the Birds of the Philippines, this bird was only reported once in the Philippines in 5 January 1929. It is a rare migrant to the Philippines.
Tonji spotted the single Black-necked Grebe in a large fishpond. It was with a group of Philippine Ducks and would occasionally swim with them. It was swimming back and forth in the pond and diving. We saw it with a small fish in its bill. It stayed behind in the fishpond when the Philippine Ducks flew off.
Notes on distribution, population, and behavior from BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Podiceps nigricollis :The Black-necked Grebe is found on every continent except Australasia and Antarctica. It can be found from Europe to western Asia and in central and eastern Asia, wintering in the south-west Palearctic, east Asia and east Africa. It can also be found wintering and breeding in southern Africa. Furthermore, it breeds in south-west Canada, western USA and central Mexico, wintering as far south as Guatemala. It is highly gregarious and forms concentrations of hundreds of thousands at certain sites in North America and Asia.
BLACK-NECKED GREBE Podiceps nigricollis Laoag, Ilocos Norte
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