Population Estimate: 140K to 1.1M, Least Concern status
Range / Habitat: Summers in small freshwater areas, subarctic worldwide. In winter, mostly marine, in sheltered bays, throughout northern hemisphere.
Field Notes: Breeding plumage of both sexes unmistakable with large back head and yellow "horns behind the eye that can raise and lower. Winter plumage is black and white and easily confused with Black-necked Grebe.
Personal Notes: We often seen this bird during migration on midwestern lakes after a spring storm causes some grounding. Finally seen at one of the final spring destinations: Lake Myvatn in Iceland.
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