Rollandia (bird)

Rollandia is a small genus of birds in the grebe family. Its two members are found in South America.

Rollandia
White-tufted grebe, Rollandia rolland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Podicipediformes
Family:	Podicipedidae
Genus:	Rollandia Bonaparte, 1856
Type species
Rollandia leucotis[1] Bonaparte, 1856
Species
R. rolland R. microptera

Species

They are:

Genus Rollandia – Bonaparte, 1856 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
White-tufted grebe	Rollandia rolland (Gaimard, 1823) Three subspecies R. r. chilensis (Lesson, 1828) R. r. morrisoni (Simmons, 1962) R. r. rolland (Gaimard, 1823)	Peru and southeast Brazil southwards to Cape Horn and Tierra del Fuego.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Titicaca grebe	Rollandia microptera (Gould, 1868)	Peru and Bolivia.	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EN