Black-necked Grebe

Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, CL, 1831

Black-necked Grebe, Podiceps nigricollis, is a grebe of temperate Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, breeding across the Palearctic, Africa, North America and Middle America. It was described by Brehm in 1831. In breeding plumage it shows pale ochre plumes behind the eye and over the ear coverts, with the head, neck and breast dark, the flanks tawny rufous to maroon-chestnut, and the belly white. Outside the breeding season, the upper parts and flanks are greyish-black, while the rest of the body is white or whitish. It occurs in the Russian Far East, ne China, e and s Africa, sw Canada, w and wc USA, c Mexico, and in nonbreeding areas to coasts of n Africa, the Arabian Pen., the Black and Caspian seas, nw Indian subcontinent, se China, Korean Pen. and Japan; s Mexico and ec US.

Order

Podicipediformes

Family

Podicipedidae — Grebes

Breeding range

Palearctic, Africa, North America, Middle America: temperate Eurasia to Russian Far East and ne China; e, s Africa; sw Canada and w, wc USA to c Mexico

Nonbreeding range

to coasts of n Africa, Arabian Pen., Black and Caspian seas, nw Indian subcontinent, se China, Korean Pen. and Japan; s Mexico and ec US