Red-necked Grebe

(Podiceps grisegena)

Conservation Status
Red-necked Grebe
Photo by Bill Reynolds
  IUCN Red List

LC - Least Concern

     
  NatureServe

N5B, N5N - Secure Breeding and Nonbreeding

SNRB - Unranked Breeding

     
  Minnesota

not listed

Species in Greatest Conservation Need

     
           
           
           
 
Description
 
 

 

 
     
 

Size

 
 

17 to 22 in length

24 wingspan

 
     
 

Voice

 
 

 

 
     
 

Similar Species

 
     
     
 
Habitat
 
 

Breeding: Emergent vegetation zone of small, shallow, inland, freshwater lakes mostly in forested areas; and bays of large lakes; marshes, bogs, and drainage ditches

Migration: Open water of rivers and large lakes

 
     
 
Biology
 
 

Migration

 
 

Early April to late May and late August to early December

 
     
 

Nesting

 
 

 

 
     
 

Food

 
 

Water beetles, water bugs dragonfly larvae, and other aquatic insects; land insects; crayfish; molluscs, shrimp, fish, and occasionally amphibians.

 
     
 
Distribution
 
 

Occurrence

 
 

Uncommon to occasionally common migrant, uncommon breeder

 
         
 

Maps

 
 

The Minnesota Ornithologists’ Union All Seasons Species Occurrence Map

 
         
 
Taxonomy
 
  Class Aves (birds)  
 

Order

Podicipediformes (grebes)  
 

Family

Podicipedidae (grebes)  
 

Genus

Podiceps (typical grebes)  
       
 

Subordinate Taxa

 
 

Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena grisegena)

Holboell’s Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena holboellii)

 
       
 

Synonyms

 
 

Podiceps grisegena

 
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

       
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Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren
 
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  Spelande Gråhakedopping ( Displaying Red-necked Grebe)
Dalkarlsbo
 
   
 
About

Uploaded on May 21, 2010

En Gråhakedopping som är på jakt efter en hona genom att sjunga sin melodiösa sång....

   
       
  Gråhakedopping (Red-necked Grebe)
Biotopia Uppsala
 
   
 
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Uploaded on May 14, 2008

Two birds displaying courtship rituals and mating at Dalkarlskärret, Uppsala, Sweden. These two very birds are notoriously known for having forced away a pair of Slavonian Gebe from their nest, and probably, eggs.

   
       
  GRÅHAKEDOPPING Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) Klipp - 1203
AROSFILM
 
   
 
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Published on Jun 10, 2013

Gråhakedopping. Frövisjön Skultuna i Västmanland 23-Maj 2013, Red-necked Grebe in Sweden, AROS FILM Fotograf: Gunnar Fernqvist.

   
       
  OBL Red-necked Grebe
Jason Coppock
 
   
 
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Published on Apr 5, 2014

Summer Plumaged Red-necked Grebe

Farmoor Reservoir Oxon

5/4/14

   
       
  Rare views: Gorgeous Red Necked Grebes Building a Nest, Alaska
langellphotography
 
   
 
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Published on May 16, 2012

Visit http://www.langellphotography.com for images of these grebes!

These beautiful Red-Necked Grebes are building their nest on an inland lake in Alaska. The males and females both contribute to the nest building and they often give each other gifts of vegetation during the process. Captured May 9, 2012

   
       

 

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Location: Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge

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