- Madagascar Grebe
Taxobox
name = Madagascar Grebe
status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1
trend = down
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Podicipediformes
familia =Podicipedidae
genus = "Tachybaptus "
species = "T. pelzelnii"
binomial = "Tachybaptus pelzelnii"
binomial_authority = (Hartlaub, 1861)The Madagascar Grebe "Tachybaptus pelzelnii" is a
grebe found only in western and centralMadagascar . It is classified as Vulnerable, with a population of less than 5,000. The most serious threat is, in the west, from reduction of habitat, especially by rice cultivation. Elsewhere predation by carnivorous fish is a problem, and the introduction of exotic, herbivorous fish has limited the development of aquatic vegetation and favouredLittle Grebe .The binomial name commemorates the Austrian ornithologist
August von Pelzeln .External links
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=3631&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
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