Western Grebe
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Genus:Aechmophorus
Species:occidentalis
Description
- Length: 25"
- Wing Span: 24"
- Weight: 3.3lb (1,500g)
- Description: Large black & white diving duck with a long slender dusky yellow bill. Black cap, back of neck, and back. White cheek, throat and chest. Black covering the Red eye is distincitve.
- Gender Differences: Males & Females are alike. Non-breeding & Breeding very similar in appearance.
Factoids:
- A large black-and-white grebe, the Western Grebe breeds in lakes and ponds across the American West and winters primarily off the Pacific Coast
- Simlar species include: Clark's Grebe
- see table below for major differences
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Clarks Western bill color: bright yellow to orange Dusky yellow color that surrounds the red eye:
WHITE BLACK
All photo, video and audio on this site are ©2010 Jamie Osterbuhr
Life List Index #67, September 29th, 2006 - California
Sources: Cornell Lab of Ornithology, The Sibley's Guide to Birds, Sibley's Birding Bascis, The Sibley's Guide to Bird Life & Behavior
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