Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Podicipediformes > Podicipedidae > Tachybaptus > Tachybaptus rufolavatus

Tachybaptus rufolavatus (Alaotra Grebe)

Synonyms: Podiceps rufolaratus; Podiceps rufolavatus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), also known as Delacour's little grebe or rusty grebe, is an extinct grebe that was endemic to Lake Alaotra and surrounding lakes in Madagascar.
View Wikipedia Record: Tachybaptus rufolavatus

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Tachybaptus rufolavatus

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Madagascar subhumid forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Lake Alaotra Madagascar A1, A2, A3, A4i

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

External References

Citations

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