Birds of Ladakh

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Common name:

Great Crested Grebe

Ladakhi name:

Changa-raktse

Scientific name:

Podicep cristatus

Order:

Podicipediformes

Family:

Podicipedidae

fun facts:

The Great Crested Grebe is a migrant to Ladakh. The sexes look the same.

It can be spotted around high altitude water bodies in the summer months.