Junin Flightless Grebe

Junin Flightless Grebe

Taxobox
name = Junin Flightless Grebe
status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Podicipediformes
familia = Podicipedidae
genus = "Podiceps"
species = "P. taczanowskii"
binomial = "Podiceps taczanowskii"
binomial_authority = (Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1894)

The Junin Flightless Grebe "Podiceps taczanowskii", also known as the Puna Grebe and the Junín Grebe, is a grebe found only on Lake Junin in the highlands of Junin, west-central Peru. The current population is estimated at less than 250.

The scientific name commemorates the Polish zoologist Władysław Taczanowski, author of "Ornithology of Peru" (1884-86).

Another highly endangered species, the Junin Rail, is restricted to the same lake.

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is critically endangered

External links

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3644&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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