Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Tachybaptus [ruficollis or novaehollandiae] (sensu lato) by some authors

Your sightings

Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Kleindobbertjie
Arabic: الغطاس الصغير, الغطاس الصغير غطاس, غطاس صغير
Asturian: Parrulu, Semerguyu Nanu, Somorguyín común
Azerbaijani: Kiçik batağan, Kiçik iyrəncə
Belarusian: Мала паганка, Малая коўра
Bulgarian: Малък гмурец
Bengali: ছোট ডুবুরি
Breton: Ar plomerig ruz, Plomerig rous
Catalan: Cabusset, Cabusset comú, Cabussonet, Setmesó
Catalan (Balears): Setmesó
Valencian: Cabussonet
Czech: Potápka malá
Welsh: Gwyach bach, Gwyach fach, Gwyach lleiaf, Harri-gwlych-dy-big, Tintroed fach
Danish: Lille lappedykker
German: Zwergsteißfuß, Zwergtaucher
Greek: (Κοκκινόλαιμο) Νανοβουτηχτάρι, Νανοβουτηχτάρι
Greek (Cypriot): Νεροβούττης
Emiliano-romagnolo: Fisulét
English: Common Dabchick, Common grebe, Dabchick, Little Dabchick, Little Grebe, Little or Tricolored Grebe, Red-throated Dabch, Red-throated grebe, Red-throated Littl, Red-throated Little Grebe
English, HBW: Little Grebe
English (IOC): Little/Tricolored Grebe
English (Kenya): Little Grebe
English (Philippines): Little Grebe
English (United States): Little Grebe
English (South Africa): Dabchick (Little Grebe)
Esperanto: Malgrande grebo
Spanish: Zampullín chico, Zampullin Comun, Zampullín Común
Spanish (Spain): Zampullín Común
Spanish (HBW): Zampullín común
Estonian: punakael-pütt, Väikepütt
Basque: Cabusset, Txilinporta txikia
Persian: کشیم کوچک
Finnish: Pikkuuikku, Pikku-uikku
Faroese: Smágjør
French: Grèbe castagneux, Grèbe castagneux ou G. tricolore
Frisian: Dûkerke
Irish: Ducaire, Spágaire Tonn, Tomaire beag
Gaelic: Spàg-ri-Tòn
Galician: Cabusset, Merguillete común, Mergullón pequeno
Manx: Eean Kereen Beg
Hebrew: טבלן גמד, טבלן גמדי
Hindi: Mukkulippan, Tanni pullu
Croatian: Gnjurac pilinorac, Mali Gnjurac
Hungarian: Kis vöcsök
Armenian: [Pokr Suzak ], Փոքր Սուզակ
Indonesian: Burung Titihan, Burung Titihan Telaga, Titihan, Titihan Jelaga, Titihan telaga
Icelandic: Dverggoði
Italian: Tuffetto, Tuffetto comune
Japanese (romaji): kaitsuburi, Kaitsumuri, Nio, Nio-dori, nodogurokaitsuburi
Japanese: カイツブリ, カイツムリ, ニオ, ニオドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 鳰, 鳰鳥, 鸊鷉
Georgian: მცირე კოკონა, პატარა კოკონა
Kazakh: Кішкене сұқсыр
Kazakh (Transliteration): kişkene suqsır
Korean: 논병아리
Korean (Transliteration): non-byeongari
Kashmiri: [Tech]
Cornish: Gryb lyha
Scientific: Colymbus minor, Colymbus ruficollis, Podiceps ruficollis, Poliocephalus ruficollis, Tachybaptus [ruficollis or tricolor], Tachybaptus fluviatilis, Tachybaptus rufficollis, Tachybaptus ruficollis, Tachybaptus ruficollis fluviatilis, Tachybaptus ruficollis ruficollis
Luxembourgish: Däichelchen
Lithuanian: Mažasis kragas
Latvian: Mazais dūkuris, Mazais dūkurītis
Malagasy: Fanaliandro, Kiborano, Tsiriry, Vivy
Macedonian: Мал нуркач, Мало штипче
Malayalam: മുങ്ങാങ്കോഴി
Mongolian: Бяцхан шунгуур, Хурган шунгуур
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠱᠣᠩᠭᠣᠭᠣᠷ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠠᠵᠢᠷ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Ажир, Нударган нугас
Mongolian (Transliteration): ajir, khurg aŋ shuŋguur, nudargan nugas
Rennell: manusingé
Marathi: पाणडुबी
Malay: Burung Gerib Kecil, Burung Grebe Kecil, Grebe Kecil
Maltese: Blongun Zghir, Blonġun Żgħir
Nepali: डुबुल्कीचरा
Dutch: Dodaars
Norwegian Nynorsk: Dvergdukkar
Norwegian: Dvergdykker
Polish: perkozek, perkozek (zwyczajny), perkozek zwyczajny, zwyczajny
Pinyin: shuǐ húlu, wáng-bā yāzi, xiǎo pìtī
Portuguese: mergulhão pequeno, Mergulhão-pequeno
Portuguese (Brazil): Mergulhão-pequeno-europeio
Portuguese (Portugal): Mergulhão-pequeno
Romansh: Sfunsella nanina
Romanian: Corcodel mic
Russian: Малая поганка, Поганка малая
Sardinian: Cabussoni
Scots: Spàg-ri-tòn
Northern Sami: Deaggebuokci
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Punchi Gembithuruwa
Slovak: potápka hnedá, Potápka malá
Slovenian: mali ponirek
Albanian: Kredharaku i vogël
Serbian: gnjurac, mali gnjurac, Мали гнјурац, Мали гњурац
Sotho, Southern: Thoboloko
Swedish: Smådopping, smådopping/indonesisk smådopping
Swahili: Kibisi Mdogo
Tamil: [Tanni pullu, Mukkulippan, Mukkulippan]
Thai: นกเป็ดผี, นกเป็ดผีเล็ก
Thai (Transliteration): nók pèt-pʰĭi, nók pèt-pʰĭi lék
Turkish: küçük batagan, Küçük batağan, Küçük Bataşan, Küçük Yumurta Piçi, Yumurtapiçi, Кішкене сұқсыр
Tuvinian: Бичии ырыксыс
Ukrainian: Малий норець, Пірникоза мала
Vietnamese: Chim ba nhíc, Chim Bánh ít, Chim lặn, Chim lặn nhỏ, Chim le hôi, Le hôi
Xhosa: Unolwilwilwi
Chinese: [shui hulu], [xiao piti], 小䴙䴘, 小(辟鳥)(虒鳥), 小, 小鷿鷈, 小鸊鷉, 水葫芦, 王八鴨子, 王八鸭子
Chinese (Traditional): 小鷿鷈, 小鸊鷉, 水葫蘆, 王八鴨子
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 小鷿鷈
Chinese (Taiwan): [xiao piti], 小, 小鷿鷈