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Titicaca Flightless Grebe

Educational resources on Titicaca Flightless Grebe

Titicaca Flightless Grebe or Rollandia microptera is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Endangered due to A4d; C1 . IUCN Profile of the Titicaca Flightless Grebe

Academic web links for the Titicaca Flightless Grebe.


Martin Luther King Jr.
Boston University School of Theology ... The Titicaca Grebe or Titicaca Flightless Grebe (Rollandia microptera) is a grebe found on the altiplano of Peru and Bolivia.
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Titicaca_Flightless_Grebe&...

Change of English name of Rollandia microptera
Also, I still see Titicaca Flightless Grebe as a name, and wonder how well entrenched Short-winged Grebe as a name. "Comments from Zimmer: "As much as I favor stability in English
www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCprop21.html

sthweb.bu.edu
Called "Titicaca Flightless Grebe" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) and Llimona & del Hoyo (1992), and "Short-winged Grebe" in Meyer de Schauensee (1970) and Blake (1977).
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Titicaca_Flightless_Grebe&...

Classification of birds of South America Part 01
Called "Titicaca Flightless Grebe" in Fjeldså & Krabbe (1990) and Llimona & del Hoyo (1992), and "Short-winged Grebe" in Meyer de Schauensee (1970) and Blake (1977).
www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html

John William Hamilton
Titicaca Flightless Grebe, Rollandia microptera; Genus Poliocephalus. Hoary-headed Grebe, Poliocephalus poliocephalus; New Zealand Dabchick, Poliocephalus rufopectus
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Grebe&Itemid=252

Boston University School of Theology Archives
Titicaca Flightless Grebe; Atitlán Grebe (extinct, reportedly flightless [Hunter 1988]) Pelicaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, et al.) Flightless Cormorant
sthweb.bu.edu/archives/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Flightless_bird

Peter Deunov
The Great Crested Grebe is 46-51 cm long with a 59-73 cm wingspan. It is an ... White-tufted Grebe • Titicaca Flightless Grebe
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Great_Crested_Grebe&...

Martin Luther King Jr.
Titicaca Flightless Grebe; Atitlán Grebe (extinct, reportedly flightless [Hunter 1988]) Pelicaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, et al.) Flightless Cormorant
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Flightless_bird&Itemid=357

James Mudge
Titicaca Flightless Grebe; Atitlán Grebe (extinct, reportedly flightless [Hunter 1988]) Pelicaniformes (Pelicans, Cormorants, et al.) Flightless Cormorant
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Flightless_bird&Itemid=362

Garfield Bromley Oxnam
Lake Titicaca hosts several endemics, among them the highly endangered Titicaca Flightless Grebe and Titicaca Water Frog. A few species of hummingbirds, notably some hillstars, can
sthweb.bu.edu/index.php?option=com_awiki&view=mediawiki&article=Andes&Itemid=354







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