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title: "Mergulhão-de-pescoço-preto"
description: "Podiceps nigricollis — Aves. The black-necked grebe or eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is a member of the grebe family of water birds."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/eared-grebe
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mergulhão-de-pescoço-preto

> Podiceps nigricollis — Aves. The black-necked grebe or eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is a member of the grebe family of water birds.

- Scientific name: *Podiceps nigricollis*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 40304
- Wikidata: [Q185183](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185183)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4205](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4205)

## Names

- en: Eared Grebe
- de: Schwarzhalstaucher
- es: Zambullidor Orejón
- fr: Grèbe à cou noir
- it: Svasso piccolo
- nl: Geoorde fuut
- pt: Mergulhão-de-pescoço-preto
- pl: Perkoz zausznik

## Countries with the most observations

US (18163), RU (5281), CA (2256), MX (2142), ES (1411), IT (1199), UA (1147), FR (978), DE (576), GB (420), ZA (402), JP (282)

## Summary

The black-necked grebe or eared grebe (Podiceps nigricollis) is a member of the grebe family of water birds. It was described in 1831 by Christian Ludwig Brehm. Its breeding plumage features distinctive ochre-coloured feathers which extend behind its eye and over its ear coverts. The rest of the upper parts, including the head, neck, and breast, are coloured black to blackish brown. The flanks are tawny rufous to maroon-chestnut, and the abdomen is white. In its non-breeding plumage, this bird has greyish-black upper parts, including the top of the head and a vertical stripe on the back of the neck. The flanks are…

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

## Photo

![Mergulhão-de-pescoço-preto](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eared-grebe/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ben · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/387430239

## Machine access

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