Bird / Podiceps cristatus
Great-Crested Grebe
Lowest risk
Native
The great crested grebe is a member of the grebe family of water birds noted for its elaborate mating display. Its scientific name comes from Latin: the genus name Podiceps is from podicis, "vent" and pes, "foot", and is a reference to the placement of a grebe's legs towards the rear of its body; the species name, cristatus, means "crested".
- Range mass
- 800 to 1490 g
- Range length
- 46 to 61 cm
- Range wingspan
- 59 to 73 cm
- Breeding interval
- Great crested grebes breed once annually.
- Breeding season
- Great crested grebes breed from January to August.
- Range eggs per season
- 1 to 9
- Average eggs per season
- 3.5
- Range time to hatching
- 27 to 29 days
- Range time to independence
- 11 to 16 weeks
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (female)
- 1 years
- Average age at sexual or reproductive maturity (male)
- 1 years
- Range lifespan
Status: wild - 11.8 (high) years
Hope, S. 2014. "Podiceps cristatus" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed November 10, 2020 at https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Podiceps_cristatus/
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