Silvery Grebe
Podiceps occipitalis Garnot, 1826
Podicipedidae — Grebes
Silvery Grebe, Podiceps occipitalis, is a grebe of South America, breeding on montane lakes in the central Andes from Colombia to north-west Argentina and northern Chile, and also in central and southern Chile and Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. It is a bird of lakes and other open wetlands. The species has two forms that differ in head and facial plumage. The southern form has yellowish ear plumes and grey on the side of the head and throat, while the northern form has grey ear plumes and white on the side of the head and throat.
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- Family
- Podicipedidae — Grebes
- Breeding range
- South America: montane lakes of c Andes of Colombia to n Chile and nw Argentina; c, s Chile and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego; Falkland Is.
