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Least Grebe
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Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishLeast Grebe
DutchAmerikaanse Dodaars
SpanishZambullidor Menor
Chinese侏䴙䴘
Scientific nameTachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)

About this species

The least grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus), an aquatic bird, is the smallest member of the grebe family. It occurs in the New World from the southwestern United States and Mexico to Argentina, and also on Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderPodicipediformes
FamilyPodicipedidae
GenusTachybaptus

In Suriname

36Records in Suriname
3iNaturalist observations
1860First record
2023Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para19
  • Brokopondo4
  • Sipaliwini3
  • Commewijne2
  • Coronie2

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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