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pied-billed grebe

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pied-billed grebe  (pdbld)
n.
A small, brown, North American diving bird (Podilymbus podiceps) having a short, heavy, whitish bill, found in freshwater ponds and marshes.
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Noun1.pied-billed grebe - American grebe having a black-banded whitish billpied-billed grebe - American grebe having a black-banded whitish bill
Podilymbus podiceps
grebe - small compact-bodied almost completely aquatic bird that builds floating nests; similar to loons but smaller and with lobate rather than webbed feet
genus Podilymbus, Podilymbus - a genus of Podicipedidae
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nigricollis Brehm, eared grebe I R Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus), I C pied-billed grebe Order Procellariiformes (tube-nosed swimmers) Family Hydrobatidae (storm- I R petrels) Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt), I R band-rumped storm-petrel Order Pelecaniformes (totipalmate swimmers) Family Sulidae (boobies and gannets) Morus bassanus (Linnaeus), I R northern gannet Family Pelecanidae (pelicans) Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Gmelin, I R American white pelican P.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
Size, color, unique markings, patterns and sounds were other factors to consider as the group went in search of 170 types of birds known to inhabit the park, from pied-billed grebe to sage thrashers.
EAGLE EYES; BIRD-WATCHERS TAKE LOOK AROUND STATE PARK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Pre-Settlement Summer Residents Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps).
Birds of the Grand Calumet River basin by Brock, Kenneth J. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
 
 
 
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