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Scientific Name : Podiceps nigricollis
Family : Podicipedidae
Order : Podicipediformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Haors
 
Description : The Black-necked Grebe is a small waterbird with black head and neck (adult bird length approximately 33 cm, wing 13 cm, bill 4 cm, tarsus 2.2 cm). The breeding adult has a black head, neck, upper back and breast, rufous flanks. It feeds on small fish, tadpoles, aquatic insects and crustaceans. It is a vagrant to Bangladesh
 
Distribution in Bangladesh
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;photo credit: Paul Cools (www.inaturalist.org/people/Paul Cools ),photo shared from iNaturalist, photo copyright reserved according to iNaturalist rules;maudocmore information, please contact us.