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Location: Junin, Peru

Alternative name: Puna Grebe

Podiceps taczanowskii

[edit] Identification

A flightless grebe of 35 cm length. Brown grey, with grey rump, mottled grey-brown flanks, face and throat; the foreneck and underparts are white. There is a short crest to the rear of the grey-brown head. The nape has a black patch, the hindneck is black, as is the bill. The iris is red, the legs yellow.

[edit] Distribution

Found only on Lake Junin, Peru. Population now much reduced and the bird is Critically Endangered.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Shallow mountain lake at 4,000m with extensive reedbeds.

[edit] Behaviour

Feeds in open water and builds nest among the reeds

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