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The Australasian grebe (Tachybaptus novaehollandiae) is a bird found in Australia. Lakes, ponds and rivers across Australia and New Zealand. It eats fish and insects and other small invertebrates. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Australasian grebe lives

Lakes, ponds and rivers across Australia and New Zealand.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐟 Fish70%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

Hear the Australasian grebe

Recorded by Greg McLachlan (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC376095. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Australasian grebe

Where does the Australasian grebe live?

The Australasian grebe lives in Australia. Lakes, ponds and rivers across Australia and New Zealand.

What does the Australasian grebe eat?

fish (about 70%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Australasian grebe endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Australia & Oceania

• Masked lapwing
• Noisy miner
• Australian golden whistler
• Indian yellow-nosed albatross
• Eastern yellow robin
• Australasian swamphen

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.