Great Crested Grebe
Grebes for life on and underwater: their legs are set so far back on their bodies that they are unable to walk on land. Grebes rocket through the water by compressing water behind them with coordinated thrusts of their muscular legs.
The family is Podicipedidae.
There are 22 species placed in 6 genera.
Rollandia with 2 species
Tachybaptus with 5 species
Podilymbus with 2 species
Poliocephalus with 2 species
Podiceps with 9 species
Aechmophorus with 2 species
So far I have photographed 8 different species
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Updated 21/03/2020
Grebes Black-necked Grebe - Podiceps nigricollis Great Grebe - Podiceps major https://www.birdphotography.eu/images/Bird-Families/Grebes/Great_Grebe_-_Podiceps_major.jpg Great-crested Grebe - Podiceps cristatus Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis https://www.birdphotography.eu/images/Bird-Families/Grebes/Little_Grebe_-_Tachybaptus_ruficollis.jpg Little Grebe - Tachybaptus ruficollis poggei Madagascar Grebe - Tachybaptus pelzelnii Silvery Grebe - Podiceps occipitalis https://www.birdphotography.eu/images/Bird-Families/Grebes/Silvery_Grebe_-_Podiceps_occipitalis.jpg White-tufted Grebe - Rollandia rolland