Great Grebe (Podiceps major)
About the Great Grebe
The great grebe (Podiceps major) is the largest species of grebe in the world. A disjunct population exists in northwestern Peru, while the main distribution is from extreme southeastern Brazil to Patagonia and central Chile. The population from southern Chile is considered a separate subspecies, P. m. navasi.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 53 recordings for this species: 10 CC BY-NC-SA · 6 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusrecording
- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.