HOARY-HEADED GREBE FACTS
The Hoary-headed Grebe is a fairly small dark grey and white grebe. It has a brown eye and a black patch under the chin, and a narrow black streak down the back of the neck During the breeding season adult plumage has white streaks over the entire head, giving them the common name of Hoary-headed Grebe. Juveniles have a white chin and throat and a striped face.
Dabchick, Hoary-headed Dabchick
open waters in lakes, estuaries, brackish water
mainly aquatic insects and other invertebrates.
The Hoary-headed Grebe builds a nest amongst floating weeds, sedges or reeds. The nest is made of waterweeds attached to sedges or a fallen branch. Three to six eggs are laid.
The Hoary-headed Grebe is found in all states and territories of Australia as well as in New Zealand. It is not usually found in the central arid regions of Australia.
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