Slavonian Grebe
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Podiceps auritus
Scarce Winter Visitor & migrant of 1,100 birds per year in Britain.
Very rare breeder in Northern Scotland of 20 pairs.
Adults in breeding plumage are attractive little grebes with a grey back, red neck/flanks, black head with red eye & yellow orangy feathers on both sides of the crown.
In Winter the plumage is overall black and white.
The neck, chest and cheeks are white, while the back and crown are a dull black-grey.
The call is loud and nasally "aaarrh" descending in a pitch and ending in a trill.
Known as Horned Grebes in North America.