Alias:Tachybaptus pelzelnii,Madagascar Grebe
Outline:Waterfowl
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IUCN:LC
Tachybaptus pelzelnii, Madagascar Grebe, the little Falklands grebe is not good at flying. They use their feet instead of wings and rarely walk on the ground. Can dive for food, generally diving only 1-4m deep. Food is mainly aquatic insects and larvae, crustaceans, mollusks, small fish and grass.
The little Falconian grebe breeds by building floating nests in the grass near the water, made of reeds, weeds, and some clay. Each egg is produced 2-7, white, mostly stained by dirt. The male and female incubate the eggs in turn. The eggs hatch for about 25 days. The young are early sex, the body is densely feathered, can move freely, in the chicks hatched 2-3 weeks time, the parent birds often put the chicks on the back, frightened diving they are under the wings.
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