Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Grebes :: Australasian Grebe

Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

Described by: Stephens (1826)
Alternate common name(s): Australasian Little Grebe, Australian Grebe, Australian Dabchick, Black-throated Little Grebe
Old scientific name(s): Podiceps novaehollandiae

Photographs

Sherwood Arboretum, Queensland, Australia - Nov, 2003 © Tom Tarrant  Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - 2001 © Hans&Judy Beste  Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia - 2001 © Hans&Judy Beste 
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Range

Java and Lesser Sundas; New Guinea; Is. of sw. Pacific Ocean; Australia; New Zealand;
(1) Java.
(2) The Lesser Sundas (Timor Is.). Moluccas (Ternate Is.).
(3) Talaud and Sangi Is. in the Sangihe Is.
(4) N. New Guinea (Sepik River).
(5) S. Solomon Is. (Rennell Is. only).
(6) New Caledonia and Vanuatu (Santa Maria, Espiritu Santo, Aoba).
(7) S. New Guinea (lakes in the Snow Mountains, Sentani Lake, Bulolo, and in the s. and e. lowlands) s. to Australia (mainly ex. s. and n. Western Australia, coastal Northern Territory and Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, ex. se. South Australia, irregular elsewhere), Tasmania, New Zealand in North Island (n. and w. Northland) and South Island.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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