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==Identification==
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==Distribution==
A small white heron with black legs and bill, and yellow feet. In breeding plumage it has two long slender plumes from the back of the head and plumes on the back and breast. Most of the year, the [[Topography#Heads|lores]] are bluish-grey, but in pre-breeding display they become bright yellow, orange, or even flushed bright red in excited birds.
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A widespread American grebe breeding almost throughout the [[USA]] and in south-central and south-eastern [[Canada]]. Further south breeds in [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]], in the [[West Indies]] and in [[South America]] from [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]] south to southern [[Argentina]].
==Habitat==  
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==Habitat==
Slow-flowing rivers, shallow lakes and flooded fields, also on brackish lagoons, estuaries and along shorelines.  
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Breeds on shallow, well-vegetated freshwaters, in winter on larger and more open waters, sometimes estuaries but very rarely on the sea.
 
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Revision as of 03:58, 1 March 2018

Featured Article: Pied-billed Grebe
Photo by raulqc

Distribution

A widespread American grebe breeding almost throughout the USA and in south-central and south-eastern Canada. Further south breeds in Mexico and Central America, in the West Indies and in South America from Colombia and Venezuela south to southern Argentina.

Habitat

Breeds on shallow, well-vegetated freshwaters, in winter on larger and more open waters, sometimes estuaries but very rarely on the sea. '[Read More...]

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