Podilymbus
Podilymbus Temporal range: Late Pliocene to present | |
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Pied-billed grebe | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Podicipediformes |
Family: | Podicipedidae |
Tribe: | Podilymbini |
Genus: | Podilymbus Lesson, 1831 |
Species | |
Podilymbus is a genus of birds in the Grebe family, the genus name is derived from Latin Podilymbus, a contraction of podicipes ("feet at the buttocks", from podici-, "rump-" + pes, "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe order—and Ancient Greek kolymbos, "diver".[1]
Species
[edit]The genus contains two recent species :
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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†Podilymbus gigas | Atitlán grebe | Guatemala; declared extinct in 1990 | |
Podilymbus podiceps.[2] | Pied-billed grebe | North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America |
There are also several prehistoric taxa of Podilymbus described from fossil remains:
- Podilymbus majusculus (Late Pliocene of Idaho)
- Podilymbus wetmorei (Late Pleistocene of Florida)
- Podilymbus podiceps magnus - a paleosubspecies of the pied-billed grebe of uncertain validity.
References
[edit]- ^ Cabard P. and Chauvet B. (2003). Etymologie des noms d'oiseaux Belin Eveil éditeur, France ISBN 2-7011-3783-7
- ^ "Podilymbus Lesson, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 2, 2011.