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Podiceps major major (Great Grebe)

Synonyms: Colymbus major; Podicephorus major; Podicephorus major major

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
7
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
31
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 15.4936
EDGE Score: 2.80297
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Attributes

Clutch Size [1]  4
Migration [2]  Intracontinental

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No

Prey / Diet

Brevoortia aurea (Brazilian menhaden)[3]
Micropogonias furnieri (Whitemouth drummer)[3]
Mugil liza (Liza)[3]
Odontesthes argentinensis (Pejerrey silverside)[3]
Odontesthes incisa (Silverside)[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Micropogonias furnieri (Whitemouth drummer)1
Phalacrocorax brasilianus (Neotropic Cormorant)3
Pontoporia blainvillei (Franciscana)1
Rynchops niger (Black Skimmer)2
Sterna hirundo (Common Tern)2

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Contracaecum rudolphii[4]
Stephanoprora denticulata[4]
Stephanoprora podicipei[4]

External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 2Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 3FORAGING ECOLOGY OF THE GREAT GREBE PODICEPHORUS MAJOR IN MAR CHIQUITA LAGOON (BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA), María Laura JOSENS, María Susana BÓ and Marco FAVERO, Ardeola 57(1), 2010, 133-141
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Audio software provided by SoundManager 2
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0