Tachybaptus

In the east, the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata) has only been recorded three times since 1960; the Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus, CR) has not been confirmed in the last decade.

Biological diversity in Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands 2008

Year round residents include rare species such as black-collared hawk (Busarellus nigricollis), grey-necked wood-rail (Aramides cajanea), least grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus) and Black-Crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax).

Tehuantepec-El Manchon mangroves 2007

In the wetlands, both the Alaotra little grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) and the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata), are considered critically endangered and may be extinct.

Madagascar subhumid forests 2007

From now on, for good or ill, I am Tachybaptus, in black.

Bush at White House Correspondents Dinner 2007

World governments have missed their goal of stemming biodiversity loss by this year, instead biodiversity loss has worsened according to scientists and policy-makers, and a little rusty-colored bird, the Alaotra grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) is perhaps a victim of this failure to prioritize biodiversity conservation.

Mongabay.com News 2010

The Alaotra or Delacour’s grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus [image above, at left], discovered in 1929 and described in 1932, is unique to the lake and also appears to have become extinct (partly due to hybridisation with the African little grebe T. ruficollis capensis).

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

The Alaotra or Delacour’s grebe Tachybaptus rufolavatus [image above, at left], discovered in 1929 and described in 1932, is unique to the lake and also appears to have become extinct (partly due to hybridisation with the African little grebe T. ruficollis capensis).

The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006