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Least Concernwestern grebe
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- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPodicipediformes
- FamilyPodicipedidae
Habitatmarine
Observations22,562
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- Western Grebe swimming.jpg
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- taxon name
- Aechmophorus occidentalis
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- Aechmophorus occidentalis
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- Aechmophorus occidentalis
- taxon common name
- mergulhão-americano-ocidental
- short name
- A. occidentalis
- Digital Atlas of Idaho URL
- digitalatlas.cose.isu.edu/bio/birds/grebes/wegr/wegr_mai.htm
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The western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) is a species in the grebe family of water birds. Folk names include "dabchick", "swan grebe" and "swan-necked grebe".
Western grebe fossils from the Late Pleistocene of southwest North America were described as a distinct species, but later ranked as a paleosubspecies Aechmophorus occidentalis lucasi. Later studies found them to fall within the variation now known to exist in today's birds.
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AechmophorusBirds described in 1858Birds of CanadaBirds of MexicoBirds of North AmericaBirds of the United StatesIUCN Red List least concern speciesLeast concern biota of the United StatesPodicipedidaeTaxa named by George Newbold LawrenceTaxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinations