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title: "Zwanehalsfuut"
description: "Aechmophorus occidentalis — Vogels. The western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) is a species in the grebe family of water birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/western-grebe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Zwanehalsfuut

> Aechmophorus occidentalis — Vogels. The western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) is a species in the grebe family of water birds.

- Scientific name: *Aechmophorus occidentalis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 23842
- Wikidata: [Q679154](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q679154)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4235](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4235)

## Names

- en: Western Grebe
- de: Renntaucher
- es: Achichilique pico amarillo
- fr: Grèbe élégant
- nl: Zwanehalsfuut
- pt: Mergulhão-de-cara-preta
- pl: Perkoz wielki

## Countries with the most observations

US (19412), CA (1930), MX (490)

## Summary

The western grebe (Aechmophorus occidentalis) is a species in the grebe family of water birds. Folk names include "dabchick", "swan grebe" and "swan-necked grebe".
Western grebe fossils from the Late Pleistocene of southwest North America were described as a distinct species, but later ranked as a paleosubspecies Aechmophorus occidentalis lucasi. Later studies found them to fall within the variation now known to exist in today's birds.

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

## Photo

![Zwanehalsfuut](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-grebe/medium.jpg)

Photo: russnamitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/377187939

## Machine access

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