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Podiceps major (Boddaert, 1783) Family: grebes Order: Podicipediformes print version
Great grebe Grand Grèbe Somormujo macachón Magellantaucher
Migration: intracontinental

Verbreitungskarte von Podiceps major Generally spends non-breeding period in coastal waters, sometimes gathering in flocks of several hundred birds; at onset of breeding, birds move back from salt to fresh water. Srays records from Falklands. Two records from Spain 1900-1910 highly dubious; most unlikely to have reached Europe unaided.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


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(Last update: 26.04.04 by E.Heuel)