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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
25 cm. Dark, oily blackish cap, and line down nape, pale cinnamon throat and ear-coverts, mottled dusky and rufous underparts, dark brown back, pale yellow iris, and variable pale gape-wattles, solid, blackish bill with white tip. | 25 cm. Dark, oily blackish cap, and line down nape, pale cinnamon throat and ear-coverts, mottled dusky and rufous underparts, dark brown back, pale yellow iris, and variable pale gape-wattles, solid, blackish bill with white tip. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
− | [[Madagascar]]. | + | Lake Alaotra, [[Madagascar]]. Last reported 1950 |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Monotypic. | Monotypic. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Wetlands and lakes. | Wetlands and lakes. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
The diet includes fish. | The diet includes fish. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Tachybaptus+rufolavatus}} | {{GSearch|Tachybaptus+rufolavatus}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tachybaptus]] [[Category:Missing Images]] | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Tachybaptus]] [[Category:Missing Images]] |
Revision as of 16:32, 11 June 2009
The species Alaotra Grebe is possibly extinct. |
- Tachybaptus rufolavatus
Identification
25 cm. Dark, oily blackish cap, and line down nape, pale cinnamon throat and ear-coverts, mottled dusky and rufous underparts, dark brown back, pale yellow iris, and variable pale gape-wattles, solid, blackish bill with white tip.
Distribution
Lake Alaotra, Madagascar. Last reported 1950
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Wetlands and lakes.
Behaviour
The diet includes fish.