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Podilymbus gigas

Identification

46–50 cm

  • Dark brown, white-flecked flanks
  • Dark grey underparts flecked with white
  • Black head
  • Neck flecked dark brown in the spring and white in the winter
  • Slaty grey legs,
  • Black bill with vertical central band
  • Brown irisis
  • Small winged

Distribution

Lake Atitlan, Guatemala.

Last reported 1986[1]

Taxonomy

Monotypic[1]

Habitat

Lakes.

Behaviour

Flightless.

Breeding

Four to five white eggs were laid and cared for by both parents.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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External Links

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