Australasian Grebe

Scientific name: Tachybaptus novaehollandiae

Meaning of name:

The meaning of Tachybaptus is not known. Novaehollandiae means of New Holland – an old name for Australia.

Aboriginal Name:

Ngoonan (n’oo’nan).

Distribution:

Widespread across Australia but absent from the drier areas.

Description:

Up to 25 centimetres long with a wingspan of 39 centimetres.

Notes:

The photographs for this species were not taken in the reserves of interest to the FQPB.

References:

What Bird is That? Neville W Cayley. 1978

Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds. Various contributors.

Aboriginal names of bird species in south-west Western Australia, with suggestions for their adoption into common usage. Ian Abbott. 2009. Conservation Science Western Australia Journal. Volume 7 No 2 https://library.dbca.wa.gov.au/Journals/080559/080559-07.015.pdf

Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/cb748125-0c06-4649-8ed8-e379e81e53c1