Profile
In flight
Seabirds
Clark's Grebe
Aechmophorus clarkii
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
Splits the difference from Western Grebe by an orange bill and a white face around the eye. Cryptic twin, same waltz.
- Population
- About 81,000 mature individuals, declining
- Habitat
- Large freshwater lakes and marshes; sheltered coasts outside breeding season
- Fun fact
- It shares a spectacular rushing courtship display with the closely related Western Grebe.
- Range
- Western North America from British Columbia to central Mexico
- Diet
- Small fish and aquatic invertebrates
- Size
- 0.65 m
- Wingspan
- 0.61 m
