Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Podicipediformes > Podicipedidae > Rollandia > Rollandia micropteraRollandia microptera (Titicaca Grebe)Synonyms: Podiceps micropterus; Rollandia micropterum; Rollandia micropterum micropterum The Titicaca grebe (Rollandia microptera), also known as the Titicaca flightless grebe or short-winged grebe, is a grebe found on the altiplano of Peru and Bolivia. As its name implies, its main population occurs on Lake Titicaca. Lake Uru Uru and Poopó, the Rio Desaguadero, and small lakes that connect to Lake Titicaca in wet years, serve as "spillovers" territory. In the past, the population was larger and several of these lakes – such as Lakes Umayo and Arapa – apparently had and may still have permanent large colonies (BirdLife International 2006). It is sometimes placed in Podiceps or a monotypic genus Centropelma. Its local name is zampullín del Titicaca. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 18.4559 EDGE Score: 5.04759 |
Adult Weight [1] | 1.556 lbs (706 g) |  | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore | Diet - Fish [2] | 90 % | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | Forages - Water Surface [2] | 40 % | Forages - Underwater [2] | 60 % |  | Clutch Size [3] | 2 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land Use |
Central Andean dry puna |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Andean wet puna |
Peru, Bolivia |
Neotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Lago Poopó y Río Laka Jahuira |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Lago Titicaca (Sector Boliviano) |
Bolivia |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Laguna de Chacas |
Peru |
A1, A2 |
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Laguna Umayo |
Peru |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Ramis y Arapa (Lago Titicaca, sector Peruano) |
Peru |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
Tropical Andes |
Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela |
Yes |
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Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
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
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