mdahlem.net WWW

Birds of Oman home     Bird names     News     Family groups     Tips     Glossary     Plumage     Thumbnails     Page structure     Credits     PHOTOS FOR SALE
NON-PASSERINES     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    10     11     12     13     14	15     16     17     18     19     20     21     22     23     24     25     26     PASSERINES

2

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) Alternative names: "Crested Grebe", "Tippet Grebe", "Loon", "Gaunt"; Misnomer: "Carr Goose" Size: 47-61 cm; wing span 59-73 cm

Menu: Family Group 2 Family Group 2 Table Mute Swan Egyptian Goose Mallard Cotton Pygmy-Goose Great Crested Grebe Thumbnails page Classification table Index of bird names Birds home page

Taxonomy, classification

See Great Crested Grebe at Wikipedia .

Sightings

We have not seen any Great Crested Grebes in Oman yet, but have previously spotted them in Australia. To go to the Australian page, click here.

Photos

No photos from Oman available yet. To go to the Australian page, click here.

These pages are largely based on our own observations. For more salient facts on any bird species please refer to a field guide.

Disclaimer: Comments are always welcome. We give no guarantee that the information presented on these pages is always correct or up-to-date. External links are marked as such and we take no responsibility for the contents of external pages. If you should like to reproduce any of the material presented on this web site, please contact us:          Last updated: 6 May 2011.