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Species
Least Concernwhite-tufted grebe
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPodicipediformes
- FamilyPodicipedidae
Habitatmarine
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Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Rollandia rolland
- Commons category
- Rollandia rolland
- taxon common name
- mergulhão-d'orelhas-brancas
- litter size
- 1.7
- taxon range
- South America
- short name
- R. rolland
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Encyclopedic overview
The white-tufted grebe (Rollandia rolland), also known as Rolland's grebe, is a species of grebe in the family Podicipedidae. Found in the southern and western South America, its natural habitat is freshwater lakes, ponds and sluggish rivers and streams.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “White-tufted Grebe” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.