🐾 Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps · wildlife atlas entry

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The pied-billed grebe ( Podilymbus podiceps ) is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán grebe ( Podilymbus gigas ) has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus . The pied-billed grebe is primarily found in ponds throughout the Americas. Other names of this grebe include American dabchick, dabchick, Carolina grebe, devil-diver, dive-dapper, dipper, hell-diver, pied-billed dabchick, pied-bill, thick-billed grebe , and water witch . Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Pied-billed Grebe — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Ad Konings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ad Konings · cc-by-nc

Record card

Scientific name	Podilymbus podiceps
Rank	species
Community observations	99,788 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Podicipediformes › family Podicipedidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Simcoe, CA-ON, CA
(c) Jazz (aka turtlehelper), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Peterborough, ON, CA
(c) m0xostoma, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Carlsbad, CA, US
(c) Matt Dickson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-09-12 · Vancouver, BC, CA
(c) egurney19, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Ridgefield NWR Auto Route
(c) chatterton-blue, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Ridgefield NWR Auto Route
(c) chatterton-blue, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Bolsa Chica (Ecological Reserve)
(c) Kate Bridges-Lyman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Pied-billed Grebe photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Bolsa Chica (Ecological Reserve)
(c) Kate Bridges-Lyman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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