Editing Grebe (section)

{{short description|Order of birds}}
{{About|the order of birds}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Grebes
| fossil_range = [[Early Miocene]] – [[Holocene]], {{fossilrange|23.03|0}}
| image = Flickr - Rainbirder - Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus).jpg
| image_caption = [[Great crested grebe]] (''Podiceps cristatus'') 
| display_parents = 3
| taxon = Podicipedidae
| parent_authority = [[Max Fürbringer|Fürbringer]], 1888
| authority = [[Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1831
| type_genus = ''[[Podiceps]]''
| subdivision_ranks = Subclades
| subdivision = 
* †''[[Hunucornis]]''
* †''[[Miobaptus]]''
* †''[[Miodytes]]''
* †''[[Pliolymbus]]''
* †''[[Thiornis]]''
* [[Podilymbini]]
* [[Podicipedini]]
}}

'''Grebes''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|r|iː|b|z}}) are aquatic diving birds in the [[order (biology)|order]] '''Podicipediformes''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|d|ᵻ|s|ᵻ|ˈ|p|ɛ|d|ᵻ|f|ɔr|m|iː|z}}).<ref name="The Birds Around Us">{{cite book|author1=Mace, Alice E.|title=The Birds Around Us|chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/birdsaroundu00mace|chapter-url-access=registration|date=1986|publisher=Ortho Books|isbn=978-0-89721-068-3|page=[https://archive.org/details/birdsaroundu00mace/page/30 30]|edition=Hardcover|chapter=Changes Through Time}}</ref> Grebes are widely distributed [[freshwater]] birds, with some species also found in [[sea|marine]] habitats during [[Bird migration|migration]] and winter. Most grebes fly, although some flightless species exist, most notably in stable lakes. The order contains a single [[family (biology)|family]], the '''Podicipedidae''', which includes 22 [[species]] in six extant [[genus|genera]]. 

Although, superficially, they resemble other diving birds such as [[loon]]s and [[coot]]s, they are most closely related to [[flamingo]]s, as supported by [[morphology (biology)|morphological]], molecular and [[paleontology|paleontological]] data. Many species are [[monogamy in animals|monogamous]] and are known for their courtship displays, with the pair performing synchronized dances across the water's surface. The birds build floating vegetative nests where they lay several eggs. About a third of the world's grebes are listed at various levels of conservation concerns—the biggest threats including habitat loss, the introduction of invasive predatory fish and human [[poaching]]. As such, three species have gone extinct.