Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Podicipedidae — Grebes

Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus is a grebe of wetlands across North America, Middle America and South America, breeding from southern Texas and north-west Mexico to northern Argentina. It is the smallest member of its family and the only Tachybaptus found in the New World. It uses ponds, lakes, marshes, slow rivers, ditches and mangrove swamps, especially where there is plenty of cover at the water’s edge. The bird is small and compact, with a short pointed bill and bright yellow eyes, and it is darker overall than many grebes. Unlike other birds in its genus, it has no chestnut on the neck.

Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae — Grebes
Breeding range: North America, Middle America, South America: s Texas and nw Mexico to n Argentina