Great Crested Grebe

Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called great-crested grebe, Crested Grebe. Occurrence records of the Great Crested Grebe are shared on GBIF from around 26 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (1 447 records), in 4 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernPodicipedidae

26reserves with records

6 918records around them

4provinces

LCIUCN category

Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) — Photo: Alpsdake · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 447
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	815
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	707
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	677
Tokai ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	562
St. James SpringNature reserve	WC Western Cape	538
Korsman ConservancyPrivate game reserve	GP Gauteng	458
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	448
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	285
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	275
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	246
Wilderness National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	195
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	68
Diepsloot NatuurreservaatNature reserve	GP Gauteng	63
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	28
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	28
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	16
De Onderstepoort Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	13
Modderfontein ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	11
Camdeboo National ParkNational park	EC Eastern Cape	11
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	9
Bontebok Ridge ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	6
Aquila Safari Reserve DirectionsPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Aquila Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	4
Drie Kuilen Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	2
Heyns PrivaatnatuurreserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	2

By province

Western Cape: 16 reserves
Gauteng: 7 reserves
Mpumalanga: 2 reserves
Eastern Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Scientific name: Podiceps cristatus
GBIF taxon: 2482054
Wikidata: Q25422

More of the Podicipedidae family

Little Grebe Black-necked Grebe

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.