Species profile
Alaotra Grebe
Tachybaptus rufolavatus
Quick answer
Lake Alaotra, Madagascar. Extinct; last reported 1950
- Scientific name
- Tachybaptus rufolavatus
- Family
- Podicipedidae
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- Genus
- Tachybaptus
- Conservation status
- Extinct
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Related species in Podicipedidae
- Aechmophorus elasson (Aechmophorus elasson)
- Aechmophorus lucasi (Aechmophorus lucasi)
- Atitlan Grebe (Podilymbus gigas)
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
- Colombian Grebe (Podiceps andinus)
- Colymbus oligocaenus (Colymbus oligocaenus)
- Colymbus parvus (Colymbus parvus)