Little Grebe

The little grebe, or dabchick, is the smallest European, Asian and African member of its family at 23 to 29 cm, and is common on open water across most of its range. Ten subspecies are recognised, separated mainly by size, eye colour and the extent of white on the wing. The genus name comes from Greek words for fast and to sink under, and the species name from the Latin for red-necked (Wikipedia, general species account).