Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Podicipediformes > Podicipedidae > Tachybaptus > Tachybaptus pelzelniiTachybaptus pelzelnii (Madagascar Grebe)Synonyms: Podiceps pelzelnii The Madagascan grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii) is a grebe found only in western and central Madagascar. The binomial name commemorates the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln. It is classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, with a population of less than 5,000. It is threatened by habitat loss, predation by carnivorous fish, and competition with introduced species. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 21.1034 EDGE Score: 4.48202 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 161 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 145 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 177 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 22.1 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Piscivore | | Diet - Fish [2] | 70 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Underwater [2] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 4 |
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IBA Criteria |
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Climate |
Land Use |
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Andringitra National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ankaizina Wetlands |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ankarafantsika National Park and Ampijoroa Forestry Station |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Baly Bay National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Bemaraha Tsingy National Park and Strict Nature Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bezavona Classified Forest |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bidia Classified Forest |
Madagascar |
A2, A3 |
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Bombetoka Bay and Marovoay wetlands |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Cape Saint André Forest and Wetlands |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Isalo National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake Alaotra |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Lake Itasy |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lakes Anony and Erombo |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Maevatanana: Ambato-Boeni wetlands |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mananara-North National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mangoky: Ankazoabo Forest SAPM |
Madagascar |
A2, A3 |
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Menabe: Andranomena |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mikea Forest |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Montagne d'Ambre National Park and Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Namoroka National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Zombitse-Vohibasia National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 2Hamish 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 ♦ 3Jetz 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 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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