Hooded Grebe
Podiceps gallardoiRumboll, MAE, 1974
English (US) Hooded Grebe
The Hooded Grebe (Podiceps gallardoi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Podicipedidae (Grebes) in the order Podicipediformes.
Range: breeds submontane lakes of western Santa Cruz Province, southwestern Argentina; winters to RÃo Santa Cruz estuary and adjacent coast, southeastern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Podiceps gallardoi
- Family
- Podicipedidae (Grebes)
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- IUCN Red List
- Critically Endangered
- English (US)
- Hooded Grebe
- Described by
- Rumboll, MAE, 1974
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Rumboll, MAE, 1974
- Type locality
- Laguna Las Escarchadas, 50 kilometers east and a little south of Calafate, Santa Cruz, Argentina.
- Original description
- Comunicaciones del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" e Instituto Nacional de Investigación de las Ciencias Naturales, ZoologÃa 4 p.33
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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