Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
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A small, stocky waterbird about 15 inches long with a chicken‑like bill, dark brown upperparts, paler underparts, a thick neck and a hunched appearance. It has large, rear‑placed feet for excellent swimming and diving, rarely flies, and prefers to escape predators by submerging.
- Group
- Water
Field marks
- Length
- 15 in · 38 cm
- Colours
- Black · Brown · White
- Wings
- Tapered
- Tail
- Short
- In flight
- Direct Flight
- Movement
- Migratory
- Conservation
- Threatened
- World population
- 3.1 million
The field notes hold two cards for this bird — the other one is the photographed record.