Species profile
Junin Grebe
Podiceps taczanowskii
Quick answer
Andes of central Peru (Lake Junín)
- Scientific name
- Podiceps taczanowskii
- Family
- Podicipedidae
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- Genus
- Podiceps
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Junin Grebe in your journal
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Related species in Podicipedidae
- Aechmophorus elasson (Aechmophorus elasson)
- Aechmophorus lucasi (Aechmophorus lucasi)
- Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus)
- Atitlan Grebe (Podilymbus gigas)
- Australasian Grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae)
- Clark's Grebe (Aechmophorus clarkii)
- Colombian Grebe (Podiceps andinus)
- Colymbus oligocaenus (Colymbus oligocaenus)