Pied-billed grebe: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pied-billed grebe lives – recorded in 43 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Podilymbus podiceps
Group	Seabirds, divers & grebes
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	43 countries
Continents	Europe, North America, South America
Mass	20.5 g (birth weight); 522 g (male organism, adult weight); 358 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Podicipediformes
Family	Podicipedidae

Where does the pied-billed grebe live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pied-billed grebe in 43 countries and territories across Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Brazil, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a pied-billed grebe?

Wikidata records the following for the pied-billed grebe: mass 20.5 g (birth weight); 522 g (male organism, adult weight); 358 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the pied-billed grebe endangered?

The pied-billed grebe’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pied-billed grebe?

The pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) is a bird in the order Podicipediformes and the family Podicipedidae, genus Podilymbus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pied-billed grebe

The pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) is a species of the grebe family of water birds primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pied-billed grebe (revision 1354156289), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q579718 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).