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..     BLACK-NECKED GREBE (podiceps nigricollis).     ..

a.k.a. EARED GREBE

Image: John Gould

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 28-34cm

Wingspan: 56-60cm

Weight: 124-139g

 

Plaintive 'poo-eee' and a chittering trill

 

 

Summer: densely vegetated lakes.

Winter: estuaries, lakes and reservoirs.

 

Rarely common

Amber List

 

44x30mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Eggs:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

No.:-

Incubation:-

Fledging:-

3-4

20-22 days

21 days

Season: May-Aug

8 years

 

 

Breeding: 25-50 pairs

Winter: 120

 

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