Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

1 Australasian Grebe at Monash, ACT

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Identification history

	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	5 Jan 2021	Liam.m
	Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	4 Jan 2021	RodDeb

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5 young being fed on nest until a Dusky Moorhen came in and pushed them off and started destroying the nest. The adult pair of Grebes watched helplessly the 5 youngsters were together in the water nearby. The Moorhen finally got off the nest and the pair of Grebes chased it off, but the Grebes did not go back on the nest. The pair swam off with their 5 chicks. On our way back past they were not on the nest and it looked as if it had been destroyed even more. Happy ending as we have found out the next day that the family were spotted back on their nest.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.080364 -35.421697
Altitude 587.3m
Maps Isabella Pond Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland
Places Monash, ACT

Sighting information

7 Abundance
3 Jan 2021 02:15 PM Recorded on
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RodDeb Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds

Additional information

True Nesting site

Species information

Tachybaptus novaehollandiae Scientific name
Australasian Grebe Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1069.9m Recorded at altitude
691 images trained Machine learning

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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