Podiceps cristatus
Great Crested Grebe at Cotter River, ACT
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| Podiceps cristatus | ChrisDavey | 2 Apr 2017 | |
| Podiceps cristatus | JohnBundock | 2 Apr 2017 |
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User's notes
Juvenile.
3 comments
4 Apr 2017
I don't know. They were a long way away. I didn't pay much attention. I assumed they were Australasian grebe. When I looked at 2 photos on the computer screen, I realised that they weren't Australasian grebe. I was there this morning. Didn't see any great crested, only 2 hoary-headed.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.933433-35.324180
- Altitude 563.3m
- Maps Lower Cotter Catchment Cotter Reservoir
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 Abundance
- 28 Mar 2017 10:34 AM Recorded on
- JohnBundock Recorded by
Collections
- JohnBundock Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Podiceps cristatus Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds
Species information
- Podiceps cristatus Scientific name
- Great Crested Grebe Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 924.4m Recorded at altitude
Seasonal activity
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Was this a nesting or breeding site?
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