Pied-billed Grebe

	Pied-billed Grebe
	Cat Given Name:	Duck
	Common Name(s):	Common Loon,  Mallard,  Canvasback,  Horned Grebe,  Wood Duck,  Green-winged Teal,  Red-throated Loon,  Ruddy Duck,  Blue-winged Teal,  Bufflehead,  Northern Shoveler,  Gadwall,  American Wigeon,  Redhead,  Common Goldeneye,  Long-tailed Duck,  Hooded Merganser,  Lesser Scaup,  Common Merganser,  Pied-billed Grebe,  Ring-necked Duck,  Red-breasted Merganser,  Greater Scaup,  American Black Duck
	Other Name(s):	Great Northern Diver,  Wild Duck,  Slavonian Grebe,  Devil-diver,  Hell-diver,  Pink-Eyed Diver,  Water Witch,  Carolina Duck,  Red-throated Diver,  Shoveler,  American Widgeon,  Baldplate,  Oldsquaw,  Harelda hyemalis,  Mergus cucullatus
	Scientific Name(s):	Gavia immer,  Anas platyrhynchos,  Aythya valisineria,  Podiceps auritus,  Aix sponsa,  Anas carolinensis,  Gavia stellata,  Oxyura jamaicensis,  Anas discors,  Bucephala albeola,  Anas clypeata,  Anas strepera,  Anas americana,  Aythya americana,  Bucephala clangula,  Clangula hyemalis,  Lophodytes cucullatus,  Mergus merganser,  Anas rubripes
	Physical Description:	A small diving bird with a small head and a small, short, thick bill, sort of like a chicken's. The bill is pale, with a black ring around it. It also has a black throat. It's head and body are brown, but it's rump is white and tufted. It does not have webbed feet.
	Physical Statistics:	Length: 11.8 - 15 Inches (30 - 38 Centimeters) Weight: 8.9 - 20 Ounces (253 - 568 Grams) Wingspan: 17.7 - 24.4 Inches (45 - 62 Centimeters)
	Behavior:	It rarely flies, although it can. It prefers to escape by diving. That is the usual way it finds food, by diving under the water. It usually lives in ponds with aquatic vegetation. It is only commonly found during summer.
	Social Organization:	Pied-billed Grebes are mostly solitary, usually only coming together to mate.
	Approval Level*:	Moderator; The Pied-billed Grebe is rare in the forest, due to a lack of lakes and ponds, it's preferred habitat.
	Kill Difficulty:	Moderate; The Pied-billed Grebe is small for a duck, yet still larger than a mouse or vole, and can deliver powerful buffets with it's wings.
	Hunting Difficulty:	Specialty - Duck; The Pied-billed Grebe spends most of it's time on the water, thus hunters must wait for it to come close to shore before ambushing it.
	Food Quality:	High; The Pied-billed Grebe, while small for a duck, is still large enough to feed two or three cats.
*Some creatures require approval to appear in RP. This is to make sure the Admins and Mods who need to know are fully aware of a species currently active in their area. These ratings are mainly for those creatures that are uncommon or pose a threat of some sort to the cats.