Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis Scientific name definitions
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | cabussó argentat meridional |
Czech | potápka stříbřitá |
Dutch | Zilverfuut |
English | Silvery Grebe |
English (United States) | Silvery Grebe |
Finnish | hopeauikku |
French | Grèbe aux belles joues |
French (France) | Grèbe aux belles joues |
German | Silbertaucher |
Icelandic | Silfurgoði |
Japanese | ギンカイツブリ |
Norwegian | sølvdykker |
Polish | perkoz złotoczuby |
Portuguese (Brazil) | mergulhão-de-orelha-amarela |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Mergulhão-d'orelha-amarela |
Russian | Серебристая поганка |
Serbian | Srebrni gnjurac |
Slovak | potápka hrivopása |
Slovenian | Srebrni ponirek |
Spanish | Zampullín Plateado |
Spanish (Argentina) | Macá Plateado |
Spanish (Chile) | Blanquillo |
Spanish (Ecuador) | Zambullidor Plateado |
Spanish (Paraguay) | Macá plateado |
Spanish (Peru) | Zambullidor Plateado |
Spanish (Spain) | Zampullín plateado |
Spanish (Uruguay) | Macá Plateado |
Swedish | silverdopping |
Turkish | İnka Batağanı |
Ukrainian | Пірникоза срібляста |
Revision Notes
Guy M. Kirwan revised and standardized the account with Clements taxonomy. Peter Pyle contributed to the Plumages, Molts, and Structure page. Arnau Bonan Barfull curated the media. Nicholas D. Sly generated the map.
Podiceps occipitalis Garnot, 1826
Definitions
- PODICEPS
- podiceps
- occipitalis
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Introduction
The Silvery Grebe is generally common and widespread in the southern Andes, as well as in the temperate zone of South America’s southern cone, but distinctly rare and declining in the northern Andes (especially in Ecuador and Colombia). There are two distinct and largely allopatric populations, and these differ in head pattern and color of the face plumes, and the extent to which they exhibit seasonal dimorphism in plumage; it has been suggested that they represent separate species. Like all grebes, the species is found in a variety of aquatic habitats. The Andean form (juninensis) occurs on highland lakes, including hypersaline lakes, but breeds only on freshwater bodies. Nesting is colonial, sometimes in large colonies, with the nests constructed on, and of, floating mats of vegetation. The southern subspecies (nominate occipitalis) breeds in freshwater lakes and ponds, with floating, emergent, and/or fringing vegetation, and also forages on saline Patagonian and Andean lakes alongside flamingos. This taxon is quite migratory; in winter it can be found in large lakes and regularly spends part of the non-breeding season in flocks on nearshore seas. Silvery Grebe is very similar in appearance, especially northern P. o. juninensis, to the closely related, but near-flightless Junin Grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii).