Order: Podicipediformes | Family: Podicipedidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Villa Rica, Peru
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu National Park
Age: Adult and Chicks | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Manu National Park
Status: The Least Grebe is rare to uncommon in the lowlands of northwestern Peru and the Amazonian lowlands where it seems associated to the foothill of the Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Zambullidor Menor
Sub-species: Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus speciosus) (Lynch Arribálzaga, 1877).
Meaning of Name: Tachybaptus: Gr. takhus fast; bapto = dive, sink under. dominicus: Originating from Dominicus or the Dominican Republic. A small diving bird from the Caribbean Region (Dominican Republic).

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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 (10/18/2014).