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

Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Colymbus

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Podiceps*	Latham, 1787	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Colymbus cristatus*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective 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.

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

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

English: great crested grebe; great-crested grebe 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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Great Crested Grebe; Great-crested Grebe sources: Charles Hussey

French: grèbe huppé 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.

Gaelic: foitheach mór sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Galician: Foitheach mór

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

Irish: Foitheach mór sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

Israel (Hebrew): טבלן מצויץ sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: ausuotasis kragas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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

Norwegian Bokmål: toppdykker sources: Syst. Nat. ed.10 p. 135

Norwegian Nynorsk: toppdukkar sources: Syst. Nat. ed.10 p. 135

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
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	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	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
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.
additional source	Cattrijsse, A.; Vincx, M. (2001). Biodiversity of the benthos and the avifauna of the Belgian coastal waters: summary of data collected between 1970 and 1998. Sustainable Management of the North Sea. Federal Office for Scientific, Technical and Cultural Affairs: Brussel, Belgium. 48 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (873 publications)
Barcode of Life (17 barcodes)
GenBank (39 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137182

Drs Cees Roselaar. Podiceps cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96561