MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Podiceps Latham, 1787

WoRMS taxon details

Podiceps Latham, 1787

AphiaID

137056 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137056)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Podicipedidae Bonaparte, 1831

Direct children (10)

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Species Podiceps auritus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Podiceps gallardoi Rumboll, 1974
Species Podiceps grisegena (Boddaert, 1783)
Species Podiceps major (Boddaert, 1783)
Species Podiceps nigricollis Brehm, 1831
Species Podiceps occipitalis Garnot, 1826
Species Podiceps dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) accepted as Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Podiceps poliocephalus Jardine & Selby, 1827 accepted as Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby, 1827)
Species Podiceps ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) accepted as Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Description Small to large grebes. Straight, pointed bills, sometimes upturned. Ornamental plumage on neck or head during breeding...

Description Small to large grebes. Straight, pointed bills, sometimes upturned. Ornamental plumage on neck or head during breeding season. Neck long and slender. Secondaries almost as long as primaries. Tarsus shorter than middle toe with claw, middle claw much shorter than outer. Naked patches on crown of young. [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Podiceps Latham, 1787. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137056 on 2024-05-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2005-03-29 08:12:19Z

changed

Claus, Simon

2005-03-29 13:12:34Z

changed

Claus, Simon

2006-09-27 07:06:07Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

Licensing

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basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone]. , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

additional source Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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Language	Name
Japanese	カンムリカイツブリ属	[details]

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