Black-necked Grebe
Podiceps nigricollis
LCLeast Concern
- Family
- Grebes (Podicipedidae)
- Order
- Podicipediformes
Overview
The black-necked grebe or eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It was described in 1831 by Christian Ludwig Brehm. Its breeding plumage features distinctive ochre-coloured feathers which extend behind its eye and over its ear coverts. The rest of the upper parts, including the head, neck, and breast, are coloured black to blackish brown.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Continents
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Canada
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Ethiopia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Hungary
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Black-necked grebe
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.