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Tachybaptus novaehollandiae (Australasian Grebe)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a small waterbird common on fresh water lakes and rivers in greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands. At 25–27 cm (9.8–10.6 in) in length, it is one of the smallest members of the grebe family, along with the least grebe and little grebe.
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Infraspecies

Tachybaptus novaehollandiae fumosus
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae incola
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae javanicus
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae leucosternos
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae novaehollandiae
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae poliocephalus
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae rennellianus
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae timorensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.1649
EDGE Score: 3.14264
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  148 grams
Birth Weight [2]  12 grams
Female Weight [1]  104 grams
Male Weight [1]  193 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  85.6 %
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Fish [3]  70 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  30 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  30 %
Forages - Underwater [3]  70 %
Clutch Size [5]  5
Incubation [4]  23 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground display (mostly)
Mating System [2]  Monogamy

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Prey / Diet

Gambusia affinis (Live-bearing tooth-carp)[4]
Hypseleotris klunzingeri (Western carp gudgeon)[4]
Philypnodon grandiceps (Flathead gudgeon)[4]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Ardea cinerea (Grey Heron)1
Biziura lobata (Musk Duck)1
Platalea flavipes (Yellow-billed Spoonbill)2

Predators

Haliaeetus leucogaster (White-bellied Sea Eagle)[6]
Ninox connivens (Barking Boobook)[7]

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Jetz 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
♦ 6Biology and Diet of the White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster Breeding in Northern Inland New South Wales, S.J.S. DEBUS, AUSTRALIAN FIELD ORNITHOLOGY 2008, 25, 165–193
♦ 7BREEDING-SEASON DIET OF A PAIR OF BARKING OWLS NEAR ARMIDALE, NEW SOUTH WALES, S. J. S. DEBUS, J. A. FORD and A. B. ROSE, Corella, 2005, 29(1): 15-16
♦ 8Gibson, 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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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