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Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

256Records since 2000
NovemberPeak month
10Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan5
Feb39
Mar48
Apr44
May17
Jun7
Jul7
Aug3
Sep1
Oct10
Nov59
Dec16

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Somerset England55
2Argyll and Bute Scotland43
3Shetland Islands —37
4Worcestershire England26
5Rutland England14
6Inverclyde Scotland4
7Cornwall England2
8Kent England1
9Gloucestershire England1
10Cumbria England1
171 England85 Scotland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 10 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
256
Peak month
November
Counties with records
10
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Podilymbus podiceps
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Somerset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Podicipediformes
Family
Podicipedidae
Genus
Podilymbus
Name with authority
Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q579718 · GBIF 2482077