Grebe
Appearance
Grebes | |
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Black-necked grebe (Podiceps nigricollis nigricollis), in non-breedin plumage | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Clade: | Aequorlitornithes |
Clade: | Mirandornithes |
Order: | Podicipediformes Fürbringer, 1888 |
Faimily: | Podicipedidae Bonaparte, 1831 |
Genera | |
A grebe /ˈɡriːb/ is a member o the Podicipediformes order, a widely distributit order o freshwatter divin birds, some o which veesit the sea when migratin an in winter. This order contains anly a single family, the Podicipedidae, containin 22 species in 6 extant genera.