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

Podicipedidae Bonaparte, 1831

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Colymbus Linnaeus, 1758
Podiceps Latham, 1787
Podilymbus Lesson, 1831
Tachybaptus Reichenbach, 1853

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: futen

English: grebes sources: MASDEA (1997).

Japanese: カイツブリ科 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Norwegian Bokmål: dykkerfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: dukkarfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: doppingar

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	Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.