Madagascar Grebe
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| Tachybaptus pelzelnii (Hartlaub, 1861) |
The Madagascar Grebe Tachybaptus pelzelnii is a grebe found only in western and central Madagascar. 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 favoured Little Grebe.
The binomial name commemorates the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Tachybaptus pelzelnii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is vulnerable
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