Description
Upper body dark-brown, underparts white, eyes red. Bill long and pointed. When breeding: crest or tuft of black feathers on top of head and red-brown feathers (ruff) around neck. Body up to 50 cm long.
Great Crested Grebes eat their feathers to aid in digestion. They dive underwater to catch large fish, crustaceans and molluscs and may sometimes eat amphibians and insects.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Habitat
Deep freshwater ponds and open wetlands, also coastal saltwater areas.
Food
Carnivore
Range
Western and eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Podicipediformes | | Family: | Podicipedidae | | Genus: | Podiceps | | Species: | cristatus | | Common Name: | Great Crested Grebe |
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