Western Grebe
Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 16,239
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Western grebe”.