Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

Australasian Grebe at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	18 Feb 2021	natureguy
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae	8 Feb 2021	natureguy
Podiceps cristatus	7 Feb 2021	SimoneC

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Juvenile

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SimoneC wrote:

8 Feb 2021

My apologies for the poor photos, it took off before I could get the SLR. I thought it might be a Podiceps as it was considerably bigger than the grebes we normally see. It was not much smaller than a Pacific Black duck on the dam at the same time.

natureguy wrote:

18 Feb 2021

The dam doesn't seem to be very big at all, and Great Crested Grebes only really occur on significant large waterbodies. On a small farm dam like this it would have to be an Australasian, especially with a juvenile indicating it has bred in the vicinity. Also doesn't look like a GCG.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.050461 -34.977781
Altitude 590.9m
Places Murrumbateman, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
5 Feb 2021 05:21 PM Recorded on
SimoneC Recorded by
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SimoneC Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Other Waterbirds (Crakes, Grebes, Gulls and Terns) Water birds Birds

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

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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