Horned Grebe

Podiceps auritus

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Saguaro National Park

2 Verified sightings at Saguaro National Park From 2019 to 2026

11,680 Verified sightings across all 47 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Horned Grebe

The horned grebe or Slavonian grebe (Podiceps auritus) is a relatively small and threatened species of waterbird in the family Podicipedidae. There are two subspecies, P. a. auritus (Slavonian grebe), which breeds in Eurasia, and P. a. cornutus (horned grebe), which breeds in North America. The Eurasian subspecies is distributed over most of northern Europe and northern Asia, breeding from Iceland east to the Russian Far East. The North American subspecies spans most of Canada and some of the United States. A small population was cited in Greenland in 1973, but is not mapped or further mentioned by subsequent authors.

The American name 'horned' refers to the orange-yellow crest feathers located above and behind the eyes, called "horns". The English name, originally 'Sclavonian', is first attested by George Montagu in his 1802 Ornithological Dictionary, from Scalovia, an old name for northern Prussia, referring to the species' main breeding area in Europe; the spelling was emended (without any reason given) to the current 'Slavonian' by Hartert in 1912.

The horned grebe was formally described in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema... Wikipedia →

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Podiceps nigricollis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Podilymbus podiceps

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Aechmophorus clarkii

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Aechmophorus occidentalis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	~50%
2	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
3	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
4	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
5	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
6	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
7	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
8	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
9	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
10	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
11	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
12	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
13	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
14	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
15	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
16	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
17	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
18	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	<5%
19	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
20	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
21	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
22	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	<5%
23	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
24	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
25	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
26	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	<5%
27	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
28	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
29	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
30	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	Insufficient data
31	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
32	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	Insufficient data
33	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
34	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
35	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
36	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
37	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
38	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
39	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
40	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	Insufficient data
41	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
42	Big Cypress National Preserve	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
43	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	Insufficient data
44	Everglades National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
45	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
46	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
47	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data

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Horned Grebe

About the Horned Grebe

Closest Relatives at Saguaro National Park

Eared Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Clark's Grebe

Western Grebe

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found