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On the Web
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) - Details the range, habitat, nesting, and diet of this species.
- Eared Grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) - Range, status, habitat, special habitat requirements, nesting, and diet.
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) - Provides an image, range maps, and facts about this bird's diet and habitat.
- Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena) - Food habits, nesting, physical appearance, and management considerations for this species.
- Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii) - Fact sheet describes this bird's habitat, nesting, and identifying characteristics. Includes a photo.
- Nocturnal Foraging by Western Grebes - Facts about the feeding habits of Aechmophorus occidentalis on its wintering grounds.
Wikipedia Articles
- Colymbiformes - Colymbiformes is a disused order of birds that was once used to classify grebes and loons. Scientific study has revealed that these two types of waterbirds are not so closely related; they have been reclassified in the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, respectively.
- Grebe - Grebes are members of the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributed order of freshwater diving birds, some of which visit the sea when migrating and in winter. This order contains only a single family, the Podicipedidae, containing some 20 species in 6 extant genera.