Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Order Podicipediformes > Family Podicipedidae > Genus Podilymbus

Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PodilymbusLesson, 1831accepted genus name

Species group names

Colymbus podiceps Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: dikbekfuut sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: pied-billed grebe sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: grèbe à bec bigarré sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Bindentaucher sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Lithuanian: mažasis margasnapis kragas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: ringnebbdykker sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: ringnebbdukkar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: perkoz grubodzioby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: поганка пестроклювая sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: progastokljuni ponirek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: zampullín picogrueso sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: dalgıç kuşu; küçük su kuşu sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Мала строкатодзьоба пірникоза; Пірникоза строкатодзьоба мала sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwyach ylfinfraith

Literature

basis of record

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

additional source

Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

additional source

Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.

additional source

Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.

additional source

Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.

additional source

Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.

additional source

Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159062

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/13e0527e-200f-40d9-8720-823221222f6b

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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GUID

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Last modified

2011-04-27 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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