• Summary
• Text account
• Data table and detailed info
• Distribution map
• Reference and further resources

Bird, J.P., Martin, R., Akçakaya, H.R., Gilroy, J., Burfield, I.J., Garnett, S.G., Symes, A., Taylor, J., Şekercioğlu, Ç.H. and Butchart, S.H.M. 2020. Generation lengths of the world’s birds and their implications for extinction risk. Conservation Biology 34(5): 1252-1261. DOI: 10.1111/cobi.13486.

eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance [web application]. Ithaca, New York Available at: http://www.ebird.org.

Heather, B. D. & Robertson, H. A. 1997. The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

IUCN. 2022. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2022-1. Available at: https://www.iucnredlist.org. (Accessed: 21 July 2022).

Marchant, S. & Higgins, P.J. 1990. Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic Birds, 1: ratites to ducks. Oxford University Press, Melbourne.

Miskelly, C. M.; Dowding, J. E.; Elliott, G. P.; Hitchmough, R. A.; Powlesland, R. G.; Robertson, H. A.; Sagar, P. M.; Scofield, R. P.; Taylor, G. A. 2008. Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2008. Notornis 55(3): 117-135.

Petyt, C. 2013. First recent recorded breeding of the New Zealand dabchick (Poliocephalus rufopectus) in the South Island. Notornis 60: 322-323.

Robertson, H. A., Baird, K., Dowding, J. E., Elliott, G. P., Hitchmough, R. A., Miskelly, C. M., McArthur, N., O’Donnell, C. F. J., Sagar, P. M., Scofield, R. P. & Taylor, G. A. 2017. Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2016. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 19. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Robertson, H. A., Dowding, J. E., Elliott, G., Hitchmough, R., Miskelly, C., O'Donnell, C. F., Powlesland, R., Sagar, P. M., Scofield, R. P. and Taylor, G. A. 2013. Conservation status of New Zealand birds, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 4. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

Robertson, H.A., Baird, K.A., Elliott, G.P., Rodney, A., Hitchmough, N.J., Makan, T.D., Miskelly, C.M., O'Donnell, C.F.J., Sagar, P.M., Scofield, R.P., Taylor, G.A., Michel, P. 2021. Conservation status of birds in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021. Department of Conservation, Wellington, New Zealand.

Sachtleben, T., Owen, K., Innes, J. and Young, K. 2014. Abundance and distribution of water birds on the Rotorua lakes, 1985-2011. DOC Research and Development Series 343. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Search for photos and videos, and hear sounds of this species from the Macaulay Library

---

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/new-zealand-grebe-poliocephalus-rufopectus on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.