Columbian Grebe (Podiceps andinus)

Posted on 31 December, 1977 in Extinct • Tagged with Colombia, family-PODICIPEDIDAE, extinct-1970s

Year Last Seen:

1977

Comments:

This species was only known from Lake Tota, Colombia. It was last recorded in 1977 and is now Extinct as a result of human-induced changes to the lake, with intensive searches in 1981 failing to find it.

Habitat:

It inhabited freshwater wetlands, including reed-fringed pools …


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