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Breeding plumage: dark brown upperparts and wings, underparts whitish, head
black and grey with russet cheeks. Red iris. Yellow green feet.
Non-breeding: similar but paler and less intense.
Found in lakes an slow moving streams, especially those containing the waterlily, Nymphaea stellata. Eats aquatic insects, fish and crustaceans.. (UICN 1990)
Breeding occurs mostly at the end of the rainy season (when the water is highest and aquatic vegetation most abundant). Clutch size is three or four eggs.
The introduction of Tilapia spp. has decreased its habitat while increasing that of the Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis). Pollution of the water around Tana, and hybidization with the Little Grebe (T. ruficollis) are also problems. (UICN 1990)
IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre, viewed in July 2000, "Threatened Animals of the World", IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals
Langrand, Olivier; 1990: Guide to the Birds of Madagascar, Yale University Press
Sinclair, I & Langrand, O.; 1998: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Struik
UICN le Centre mondial de surveillance continue de la conservation de la nature, 1990, Madagascar, Profil de l'énvironnement, Cambridge, U.K., App. 3
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Photos taken at Perinet, May 2000
