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Species · accepted · checked 2026-08-05

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Western Grebe

WoRMS 366617ITIS 174503key itis:174503
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2026-08-05: worms_id 366617 via WoRMS TSN crosswalk (status accepted)

Silhouette · Zitan Song · CC0 1.0 · PhyloPic, drawn from Aechmophorus occidentalis

Size · not on record: no authority the fetcher reads carries a length for this taxon.

Photograph of Aechmophorus occidentalis
Photo · Dan Vickers · CC BY 4.0 · inat

The western grebe is a species in the grebe family of water birds. Folk names include "dabchick", "swan grebe" and "swan-necked grebe".W CalCOFI holds 78 observations of it in 1 dataset between 1988 and 2020.R

78
observations
78
records
78
sampling events
1988–2020
years
1
datasets

Observed in
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One row per dataset, one cell per year, darker with more observations — the same strip the front door draws per dataset. Each row ends with the name that dataset uses (dataset_taxon); the accepted name is written once, in the title above. A quiet pill marks a name the authority does not accept.

  • Seabirds & Marine Mammals 78 obs · 78 events · 1988–2020
    name used: Aechmophorus occidentalis Western Grebe · code WEGR

Groups

calcofi:seabirds

Ways in
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Read from taxa.json of release v2026.09.11, written at release by calcofi4db::build_taxa_catalog(). The catalog's index is /species/.

Explorerdb-query
ERDDAPCalCOFI's own server, the Seabirds & Marine Mammals table constrained to this taxon
https://erddap.calcofi.io/erddap/tabledap/farallon_bird-mammal.html?&taxon_key=%22itis:174503%22