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The Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Ponds, lakes and marshes across the Americas. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, fish and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Pied-billed grebe lives

Ponds, lakes and marshes across the Americas.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🐟 Fish20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

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

Conservation status

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Recorded by Jacob Wijpkema (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1032111. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Pied-billed grebe

Where does the Pied-billed grebe live?

The Pied-billed grebe lives in United States and Canada. Ponds, lakes and marshes across the Americas.

What does the Pied-billed grebe eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), fish (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Pied-billed grebe endangered?

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

More birds from North America

• Kauaʻi ʻamakihi
• Cuban kite
• Recurve-billed bushbird
• Perija starfrontlet
• Zapata rail
• Venezuelan flowerpiercer

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