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Little grebe

Index Little grebe

The little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis), also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of water birds. [1]

30 relations: Africa, Ancient Greek, Asia, Austin L. Rand, Beak, Binomial nomenclature, Bird migration, Claud B. Ticehurst, Cornwall, East Kolkata Wetlands, Egg, Europe, Feather, Fish, Grebe, Horse, India, Invertebrate, Latin, Mindanao, Museum Wiesbaden, New Guinea, New Latin, Peter Simon Pallas, Pied-billed grebe, Tommaso Salvadori, Tricolored grebe, Trill (music), Water bird, West Bengal.

Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Ancient Greek

The Ancient Greek language includes the forms of Greek used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around the 9th century BC to the 6th century AD.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Austin L. Rand

Austin Loomer Rand (16 December 1905 – 6 November 1982) was a Canadian zoologist.

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Beak

The beak, bill, or rostrum is an external anatomical structure of birds that is used for eating and for preening, manipulating objects, killing prey, fighting, probing for food, courtship and feeding young.

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Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is the regular seasonal movement, often north and south along a flyway, between breeding and wintering grounds.

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Claud B. Ticehurst

Claud Buchanan Ticehurst FRGS (8 January 1881 – 17 February 1941) was a British ornithologist.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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East Kolkata Wetlands

The East Calcutta Wetlands, also known as the East Kolkata Wetlands (22 0 27’ N 88 0 27’ E), are a complex of natural and human-made wetlands lying east of the city of Calcutta (Kolkata), of West Bengal in India.

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Egg

An egg is the organic vessel containing the zygote in which an animal embryo develops until it can survive on its own; at which point the animal hatches.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Feather

Feathers are epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds and other, extinct species' of dinosaurs.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Grebe

A grebe is a member of the order Podicipediformes and the only type of bird associated with this order.

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Horse

The horse (Equus ferus caballus) is one of two extant subspecies of ''Equus ferus''.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Invertebrate

Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column (commonly known as a backbone or spine), derived from the notochord.

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Latin

Latin (Latin: lingua latīna) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Mindanao

Mindanao is the second largest island in the Philippines.

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Museum Wiesbaden

The Museum Wiesbaden is a two-branch museum for art and natural history in the Hessian capital of Wiesbaden, Germany.

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New Guinea

New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.

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New Latin

New Latin (also called Neo-Latin or Modern Latin) was a revival in the use of Latin in original, scholarly, and scientific works between c. 1375 and c. 1900.

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Peter Simon Pallas

Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia (1767–1810).

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Pied-billed grebe

The pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) is a species of the grebe family of water birds.

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Tommaso Salvadori

Count Adelardo Tommaso Salvadori Paleotti (30 September 1835 – 9 October 1923) was an Italian zoologist and ornithologist.

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Tricolored grebe

The tricolored grebe (Tachybaptus tricolor) is a bird in the Podicipedidae family sometimes considered conspecific with the little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis).

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Trill (music)

The trill (or shake, as it was known from the 16th until the 19th century) is a musical ornament consisting of a rapid alternation between two adjacent notes, usually a semitone or tone apart, which can be identified with the context of the trill.

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Water bird

The term water bird, waterbird or aquatic bird (not to be confused with wading birds) is used to refer to birds that live on or around water.

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West Bengal

West Bengal (Paśchimbāṅga) is an Indian state, located in Eastern India on the Bay of Bengal.

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Redirects here:

African Dabchick, Little Grebe, Little Grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, Little grebes, Podiceps ruficollis, Tachybaptus ruficollis, Tachybaptus tricolor, Tricolored Grebe.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_grebe

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