Colombian grebe
| Colombian grebe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Podicipediformes |
| Family: | Podicipedidae |
| Genus: | Podiceps |
| Species: | †P. andinus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Podiceps andinus (Meyer de Schauensee, 1959)
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The Colombian grebe (Podiceps andinus), was a
flightless.[2]
The decline of the Colombian grebe is attributed to wetland drainage,
loss of habitat: drainage of wetlands and siltation resulted in higher concentrations of pollutants, causing eutrophication across Lake Tota. This destroyed the open, submergent pondweed (Potamogeton) vegetation and resulted in the formation of a dense monoculture of water weed (Elodea).[4]
By 1968, the species had declined to approximately 300 birds. Only two records of this bird were made in the 1970s; one seen 1972, and the last confirmed record from 1977 when three birds were seen. Intensive studies in 1981 and 1982 failed to find the species and it is now considered extinct.[5]
References
- . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Roots, C. 2006. Flightless Birds. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Publishing Group.
- ^ del Hoyo et al. 1992
- ^ Varty et al. 1986, Fjeldsa 1993, as cited in O'Donnel and Fjeldsa 1997
- ^ (in Spanish) El Pato Zambullidor extinto de Colombia
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