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Aechmophorus
Sign in to saveAechmophorus is a genus of birds in the grebe family.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPodicipediformes
- FamilyPodicipedidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded1,406,917
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 202
- With media
- 19
- Family
- Podicipedidae
- Collections
- SDNHM, MVZ, USNM, UNSM, DMNH, UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Distribution and habits
- Reproduction
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Aechmophorus is a genus of birds in the grebe family.
==Species== It has two living representatives breeding in western North America.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aechmophorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.