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

Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

PodicepsLatham, 1787accepted genus name

Species group names

Colymbus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: kredharaku i madh; mzhytsi i madh; zhytra e madhe sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Голям гмурец sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: toppet lappedykker sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: fuut sources: Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.
 English: great crested grebe; great-crested grebe sources: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: grèbe huppé 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: Haubentaucher sources: 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.
 Greek: Σκουφοβουτηχτάρι sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: טבלן מצויץ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: カンムリカイツブリ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: ausuotasis kragas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: toppdykker sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: toppdukkar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: perkoz dwuczuby sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: corcodelul mare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: или большая поганка; или хохлатая гагара (устар.); чомга sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: foitheach mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: čopasti ponirek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: somormujo lavanco sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: skäggdopping sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: bahri sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Пірникоза велика sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: gwyach fawr gopog

Literature

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

additional source

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

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Cattrijsse, A. & M. Vincx. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

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

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137182

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/1359cea1-450b-4831-979f-acb44b248b7c

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


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Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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