Hooded Grebe

Taxobox
name = Hooded Grebe
status = NT | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Podicipediformes
familia = Podicipedidae
genus = "Podiceps"
species = "P. gallardoi"
binomial = "Podiceps gallardoi"
binomial_authority = Rumboll, 1974

The Hooded Grebe ("Podiceps gallardoi"), is a medium-sized grebe found in the southern region of South America. It grows to about 34 cm in length, and is black and white in color (body). It is found in isolated lakes in the most remote parts of Patagonia, and spends winters along the coast of the same region.

References

* Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
*Animal, Smithsonian Institution, 2005, pg. 269