Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)

They are small sized grebe. They have pointed bill. During summer the adult predominantly dark above with its rich, rufous colour neck, cheeks and flanks and in non-breeding and juvenile birds the rufous colour is replaced by a dirty brownish grey colour. In juvenile bill is yellow with a small black tip, and black and white streaks on the cheeks and sides of the neck. With the age yellow bill darkens, eventually turning black in adulthood.

They are found across the Europe, much of Asia down to New Guinea, and most of Africa. Tachybaptus ruficollis is native to Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Comoros, Congo, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guinea, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mayotte, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation (European Russia), Rwanda, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Viet Nam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe. The population is possibly extinct in Western Sahara and vagrant in Australia, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Mongolia