Birds Thru My Eyes : CHINA / HONG KONG: Little Grebe

Tuesday, 7 October 2014

Order - Ciconiiformes 鹳形目
Family - Podicipedidae 科 (Grebes)
Genus - Tachybapus 属

Little Grebe

Tachybapus ruficollis

小䴙䴘

Size : 25–29 cm; 130–236 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Tachybapus ruficollis ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) – Little Grebe
– Europe and NW Africa E to Urals.
Tachybapus ruficollis capensis (Salvadori, 1884)
– Africa S of Sahara, Madagascar and Comoro Is.
Tachybapus ruficollis iraquensis (Ticehurst, 1923)
– Iraq and SW Iran.
Tachybapus ruficollis albescens (Blanford, 1877)
– Caucasus E to L Balkhash and Tien Shan, and SE to India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar.
Tachybapus ruficollis poggei (Reichenow, 1902)
– NE & SE Asia, including S Kuril Is, Japan, Ryukyu Is, Taiwan and Hainan.
Tachybapus ruficollis philippensis (Bonnaterre, 1791)
– N Philippines.
Tachybapus ruficollis cotabato (Rand, 1948)
– Mindanao (SE Philippines).
Tachybapus ruficollis tricolor (G. R. Gray, 1861) – Tricolored Grebe
– Sulawesi and Moluccas, Java and Lesser Sundas E to N New Guinea.
Tachybapus ruficollis collaris (Mayr, 1945)
– NE New Guinea to Bougainville I (Solomon Is).