Silvery Grebe (Podiceps occipitalis), version 2.0

Kirwan, Guy M.; del Hoyo, Josep; Llimona, Francesc; Pyle, Peter

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Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis Scientific name definitions

Names (29)
Subspecies (2)

Guy M. Kirwan, Josep del Hoyo, Francesc Llimona, and Peter Pyle
Version: 2.0 — Published September 8, 2023
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Introduction
Identification
- Field Identification
- Similar Species
Plumages, Molts, and Structure
- Plumages
- Molts
- Bare Parts
- Measurements
Systematics
- Systematics History
- Geographic Variation
- Subspecies
- Related Species
- Hybridization
- Nomenclature
Distribution
- Historical Changes to the Distribution
Habitat
Movements and Migration
- Dispersal and Site Fidelity
- Migration Overview
- Timing and Routes of Migration
- Migratory Behavior
- Control and Physiology of Migration
Diet and Foraging
- Feeding
- Diet
- Food Selection and Storage
- Nutrition and Energetics
- Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
- Drinking, Pellet-Casting, and Defecation
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
- Vocalizations
- Nonvocal Sounds
Behavior
- Self-Maintenance
- Agonistic Behavior
- Sexual Behavior
- Social and Interspecific Behavior
- Predation
Breeding
- Phenology
- Nest Site
- Nest
- Eggs
- Incubation
- Hatching
- Young Birds
- Parental Care
- Cooperative Breeding
- Brood Parasitism
- Fledgling Stage
- Immature Stage
Demography and Populations
- Measures of Breeding Activity
- Life Span and Survivorship
- Disease and Body Parasites
- Causes of Mortality
- Population Status
Conservation and Management
- Conservation Status
- Effects of Human Activity
- Management
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Kirwan, G. M., J. del Hoyo, F. Llimona, and P. Pyle (2023). Silvery Grebe (Podiceps occipitalis), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (G. M. Kirwan and B. K. Keeney, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.silgre1.02

Language	Common name
Czech	potápka stříbřitá
Dutch	Zilverfuut
English	Silvery Grebe
English (United States)	Silvery Grebe
Finnish	hopeauikku
French	Grèbe aux belles joues
French (French Guiana)	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

Silvery Grebe Podiceps occipitalis Scientific name definitions

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Podiceps occipitalis Garnot, 1826

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