Distraction Display of the Hoary-headed Grebe

Abstract

Two different distraction displays of a nesting Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus are described. These are compared with previous descriptions of crash-diving for this species and for the New Zealand Dabchick P. rufopectus, and with the silent slipping away from the nest by Australasian Grebes Tachybaptus novaehollandiae.