Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps grisegena)🐦🕊️ 🦜🎵🐤❤️🐤

1⃣The red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena) is a migratory aquatic bird found in the temperate regions of the northern hemisphere. Its wintering habitat is largely restricted to calm waters just beyond the waves around ocean coasts, although some birds may winter on large lakes.

2⃣Like all grebes, the red-necked is a good swimmer and particularly swift diver, and responds to danger by diving rather than flying. The red-necked grebe is a medium-large grebe, smaller than the great crested grebe of Eurasia, and the western and Clark's grebes of

3⃣North America, but noticeably larger than other northern grebe species. The adult of the nominate European subspecies is 40–50 cm (16–20 in) long with a 77–85 cm (30–33 in) average wingspan, and weighs 692–925 g (24.4–32.6 oz).

4⃣The conservation status of its two subspecies—P. g. grisegena, found in Europe and western Asia, and the larger P. g. holboelii (formerly Holbœll grebe), found in North America and eastern Siberia—is evaluated as Least Concern, and the global population is stable or growing.

5⃣Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2018. Podiceps grisegena is listed as Least Concern.

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