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Australasian Grebe
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae · Family Podicipedidae
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
Family Podicipedidae
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- Family
- Podicipedidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 555,863
- Countries and territories with records
- 13
About this species
This species has 555,863 occurrence records from 13 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Australia accounts for 99.5% of the records; no other country or territory reaches 1%. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.51% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tachybaptus novaehollandiae combines the genus name Tachybaptus with the species epithet novaehollandiae. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Tachybaptus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tachybaptus ruficollis, Tachybaptus dominicus and Tachybaptus pelzelnii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 18 species of the family Podicipedidae. This species ranks 8th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Podilymbus podiceps. Its record count is 52% of the family average (1,068,259). The family Podicipedidae belongs to the order Podicipediformes, which has 18 species in the Warbla app catalog.