Order: Podicipediformes | Family: Podicipedidae | IUCN Status: Critically Endangered
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lake Junin, Junin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lake Junin, Junin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lake Junin, Junin
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Lake Junin, Junin
Status: Endemic. The Junin Grebe was formerly common. Now it is rare and restricted to only the portions of Lake Junin less affected by water pollution. It seems to remain near reed beds during the breeding season, but more out in open water outside the breeding season.
Name in Spanish: Zambullidor de Junin.
Sub-species: Junin Grebe (Podiceps taczanowskii) Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894.
Meaning of Name: Podiceps: L. podex, podicis= anus; and pes = foot. taczanowski: after explorer and ornithologist Wadysaw Taczanowski. A bird with its feet set far toward its tail, named in honor of Wadysaw Taczanowski.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo), The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 10/18/2014.