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Great Crested Grebe
Podiceps cristatus · Family Podicipedidae
Podiceps cristatus
Family Podicipedidae
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- Family
- Podicipedidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,691,208
- Countries and territories with records
- 113
About this species
This species has 3,691,208 occurrence records from 113 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (20.9%), Sweden (16.5%), the United Kingdom (11%), France (8.8%) and Denmark (8.5%); together they account for 65.8% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 1.2% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Podiceps cristatus combines the genus name Podiceps with the species epithet cristatus. The Warbla app catalog lists 8 species of the genus Podiceps; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Podiceps auritus, Podiceps nigricollis and Podiceps grisegena.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 18 species of the family Podicipedidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Podilymbus podiceps. Its record count is 3.5 times the family average (1,068,259). The family Podicipedidae belongs to the order Podicipediformes, which has 18 species in the Warbla app catalog.