The graceful great crested grebe is a familiar sight on our lakes and reservoirs, and is well-known for its elaborate courtship dance, during which it rises vertically out of the water and shakes its ...

Once home we searched through our book of New Zealand birds and located only a single candidate: the southern (or Australasian) crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus australis, a subspecies of the great ...

Found in: Mainly alpine and sub-alpine lakes in the South Island of New Zealand, with some birds forming flocks on coastal lakes in winter. This sub-species of the ...

New Zealand's "Bird of the Century" is the Australasian crested grebe, as reported by PAP. The Forest and Bird Foundation organizes the annual poll, but this year, for the first time, the system ...

Like great crested grebes, they have an elaborate courtship display involving pairs meeting breast-to-breast and rising from the water, with lots of head shaking. As breeding red-necked grebes in the ...