Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Podilymbus podiceps
Zambullidor Piquipinto, Sormomujo, Pied-Billed Grebe
The species appears to be regular in Galapagos, although never abundant.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Podicipediformes
Family
Podicipedidae
Genus
Podilymbus
Species
podiceps
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Migrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Records are from Isabela (Puerto Moreno; Harris 1982) and mangroves a Marchena. There was also a sighting between Floreana and Española.
- Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Harris, M.P. (1982) A field guide to the birds of Galápagos. Collins, London, 2nd ed., 160 pp.
- IUCN (2015) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015-4. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 November 2015.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Podilymbus podiceps", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5158. Accessed 11 June 2026.