Grebes in Ontario
Our list for Ontario has 4 grebes recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ontario in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 4, most common first
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cmBody length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made