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Recent surveys found no grebes and, following a final expedition this year, the bird was moved to ‘extinct’. Only one photograph of the bird is known, and unfortunately for posterity it is blurry. Given its rarity, scientists knew little of the species before it vanished. More @Wikipedia
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- Alaotra Grebe - Tachybaptus rufolavatus - Birds of the WorldAlaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.alagre1.01.
- Alaotra Grebe - eBirdFormerly Lake Alaotra, Madagascar. Comprehensive life histories for all bird species and families. Take Merlin with you in the field! Free, global bird ID and field guide app powered by your sightings and media. Exotic species flags differentiate locally introduced species from native species.
- Alaotra grebe - WikipediaThe Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus), also known as Delacour's little grebe or rusty grebe, is a recently extinct grebe that was endemic to Lake Alaotra and its surrounding lakes in Madagascar. Experts say that the grebe became extinct after carnivorous fish were introduced into its native habitat.
- Grebes Take a Dive Toward Extinction, the World OverMadagascar’s Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) disappeared in the early 1980s, succumbing to gillnets, predation by introduced fish, soil erosion from nearby deforested hillsides, conversion of marshes to rice farms, and hybridization with Little Grebes (T. ruficollis).
- Alaotra Grebes (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) Information - Earth LifeThe Alaotra Grebes (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) – also known as Delacour’s Little Grebe or Rusty Grebe – was a small diving bird (grebe) found only on Lake Alaotra (the largest lake in Madagascar) and surrounding lakes. The last sighting (which may have been a hybrid with the Little Grebe) was in 1985.
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