Family

Podicipedidae

Habits

Often sunbathes to reduce energy needed to create heat from food. Highly nomadic, also most communal of all grebes, nesting ing groups, clustering on open water and clumping in loose rafts to roost.

Habitat

Wetlands , Open; unsheltered sheets of fresh or saline water; inland waters and fringing forests; floodplains.

Breeding

November to January, or after rains. One brood per season. 5-6 eggs, chalky pale blue, becoming stained with brown. Incubation by both sexes. Pairing is impermanent and courtship simple.

Parks

Kakadu National Park

Details

Common Name: Hoary-headed Grebe Scientific Name: Poliocephalus (Podiceps) poliocephalus
Sub Order: Unavailable Order: Podicipediformes
Class: Aves Category: Native
Status: Common Size: Unavailable

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