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title: "Australische dodaars"
description: "Tachybaptus novaehollandiae — Vogels. The Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a small waterbird common on fresh water lakes and rivers in greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/australasian-grebe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Australische dodaars

> Tachybaptus novaehollandiae — Vogels. The Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a small waterbird common on fresh water lakes and rivers in greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands.

- Scientific name: *Tachybaptus novaehollandiae*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 13187
- Wikidata: [Q783361](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q783361)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4243](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4243)

## Names

- en: Australasian Grebe
- de: Australischer Zwergtaucher
- es: Zampullín australiano
- fr: Grèbe australasien
- nl: Australische dodaars
- pt: Mergulhão-da-australásia
- pl: Perkozek australijski

## Countries with the most observations

AU (12568), ID (117), NZ (109), NC (12), PG (6), NF (5)

## Summary

The Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a small waterbird common on fresh water lakes and rivers in greater Australia, New Zealand and on nearby Pacific islands.  At 25–27 cm (9.8–10.6 in) in length, it is one of the smallest members of the grebe family, along with the least grebe and little grebe.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian_grebe

## Photo

![Australische dodaars](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/australasian-grebe/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Cull · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155277678

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/australasian-grebe?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).