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Little Grebe
Tachybaptus ruficollis · Family Podicipedidae
Tachybaptus ruficollis
Family Podicipedidae
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- Family
- Podicipedidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 3,091,439
- Countries and territories with records
- 156
About this species
This species has 3,091,439 occurrence records from 156 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (11.5%), the United Kingdom (10.9%), Spain (8.7%), Sweden (8%) and India (7.7%); together they account for 46.8% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.54% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Tachybaptus ruficollis combines the genus name Tachybaptus with the species epithet ruficollis. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Tachybaptus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Tachybaptus novaehollandiae, Tachybaptus dominicus and Tachybaptus pelzelnii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 18 species of the family Podicipedidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Podilymbus podiceps. Its record count is 2.9 times the family average (1,068,259). The family Podicipedidae belongs to the order Podicipediformes, which has 18 species in the Warbla app catalog.