Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Albanian | Kredharaku faqehirtë |
| Arabic | غطاس أحمر الرقبة |
| Armenian | Մոխրաայտ սուզակ |
| Asturian | Somorguyu buxu |
| Azerbaijani | Bozyanaq batağan |
| Basque | Murgil lepagorria |
| Bulgarian | Червеноврат гмурец |
| Catalan | cabussó gris |
| Chinese | 赤頸鸊鷉 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 赤颈䴙䴘 |
| Croatian | riđogrli gnjurac |
| Czech | potápka rudokrká |
| Danish | Gråstrubet Lappedykker |
| Dutch | Roodhalsfuut |
| English | Red-necked Grebe |
| English (United States) | Red-necked Grebe |
| Faroese | Øsgrá gjør |
| Finnish | härkälintu |
| French | Grèbe jougris |
| French (France) | Grèbe jougris |
| Galician | Mergullón cincento |
| German | Rothalstaucher |
| Greek | Κοκκινοβουτηχτάρι |
| Hebrew | טבלן אפור-לחיים |
| Hungarian | Vörösnyakú vöcsök |
| Icelandic | Sefgoði |
| Italian | Svasso collorosso |
| Japanese | アカエリカイツブリ |
| Korean | 큰논병아리 |
| Latvian | Pelēkvaigu dūkuris |
| Lithuanian | Rudakaklis kragas |
| Mongolian | Буурал шунгуур |
| Norwegian | gråstrupedykker |
| Persian | کشیم گردن سرخ |
| Polish | perkoz rdzawoszyi |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Mergulhão-de-faces-brancas |
| Romanian | Corcodel cu gât roșu |
| Russian | Серощёкая поганка |
| Serbian | Crvenovrati gnjurac |
| Slovak | potápka červenokrká |
| Slovenian | Rjavovrati ponirek |
| Spanish | Somormujo Cuellirrojo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Zambullidor Cuello Rojo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Somormujo cuellirrojo |
| Swedish | gråhakedopping |
| Turkish | Kızıl Boyunlu Batağan |
| Ukrainian | Пірникоза сірощока |
Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783)
Definitions
- PODICEPS
- podiceps
- grisegena
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena Scientific name definitions
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Photos from this Account
Breeding adult
Large grebe with long neck and fairly stout, straight bill. Breeding adults have a black cap ending sharply at gray-white cheeks and a chestnut-red neck. Note eye is not red.
Nonbreeding adult/immature
Large grebe with long neck and fairly large bill. Solid black cap with clean gray-white cheeks contrasting with darker gray "ear" patch. Often holds bill pointing downward. Eye is not red.
Immature
Large grebe with fairly stout, straight, yellowish bill. In flight, neck is long; white patch on leading edge of wings near shoulder. Immatures are washed grayish with darker crown.
Juvenile
Fairly large grebe with yellowish bill. Juveniles have striped faces and reddish chestnut necks.
Breeding adult
Breeds on shallow freshwater lakes and marshes. Like other grebes, pairs perform several types of displays, beginning on the wintering grounds and continuing through migration.
Immature
Molting adult
Adult and chick
Nonbreeding adult/immature
At distance, partially submerged body can appear small. Bill is yellowish with black cap and white cheeks. Winters along seacoasts.
Adult Red-necked Grebe, nonbreeding plumage; NY State, November.
Definitive basic plumage; photographer Jay and Kevin McGowan
Adult Red-necked Grebe, with chicks at its nest.
Note over-water placement of nest, which helps deter predators. ; photographer Gary Nuechterlein
Red-necked Grebe clutch, N. Dakota
Carpenter Lake, Turtle Mtns., ND. 8 June.; photographer Rene Corado
Red-necked Grebe egg.
1 June; Photographer James Villeneuve; egg specimen from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.
Red-necked Grebe clutch.
1 June; Photographer James Villeneuve; egg specimens from the Royal Saskatchewan Museum.
Macaulay Library Photos for Red-necked Grebe
Top-rated photos submitted to the Macaulay Library via eBird. Note: Our content editors have not confirmed the species identification for these photos.
