Less than 500 breeding pairs of the hooded grebe remain as its numbers have declined by about 80 percent in the past 25 years. | OMGFacts

The 'Tango in the Wind'... Hooded Grebe is one of the rarest birds in South America. There are less than 800 of them and they live only on remote high plateaux of Patagonia. Read more: http://living-wild.net/thehoodedgrebe/ & https://goo.gl/h9TqsA Source: Living Wild in South America / BirdLife International | Natural Selection

These hooded grebes sure know how to dance! While this might look silly, these grebes are performing a vitally important courtship ritual. This serves more than one purpose, both to cement the alliance between the pair for the upcoming breeding season and to carve out some space on the pond to raise their future family. Grebes are fairly common water birds found in most parts of the world, so if you grab a pair of binoculars, you might just see this incredible dance display for yourself. Video C

The Mating Dance of the Hooded Grebe was Filmed for the First Time and It’s Poetry in Motion