Podicipediformes / Podicipedidae / Tachybaptus

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Luis Carlos12 · CC_BY_4_0

Richard Littauer · CC0_1_0

Tachybaptus dominicus bangsi

western Mexico (southern half of Baja California and southern Sonora)
Tachybaptus dominicus brachypterus

southern Texas to west-central Mexico and Panama
Tachybaptus dominicus brachyrhynchus

tropical northern South America to southern Brazil and northern Argentina
Tachybaptus dominicus dominicus

Cozumel, Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and Virgin Islands
Tachybaptus dominicus eisenmanni

coast of Ecuador; populations of northwestern Peru presumably also this subspecies

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.