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Tachybaptus dominicus  (Linnaeus, 1766)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174508

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Podiceps dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  
    Colymbus dominicus Linnaeus, 1766
  
  Common Name(s): Zambullidor menor [Spanish]
  
    Grèbe minime [French]
  
    Least Grebe [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPodicipediformes  – Grebes, grèbes  
                            FamilyPodicipedidae Bonaparte, 1831 – Grebes  
                               GenusTachybaptus Reichenbach, 1853 – Least Grebes  
                                  SpeciesTachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) – Zambullidor menor, Grèbe minime, Least Grebe  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SubspeciesTachybaptus dominicus bangsi (van Rossem & Hachisuka, 1937) – Least Grebe 
                                     SubspeciesTachybaptus dominicus brachypterus (Chapman, 1899)  
                                     SubspeciesTachybaptus dominicus brachyrhynchus (Chapman, 1899)  
                                     SubspeciesTachybaptus dominicus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766)  
                                     SubspeciesTachybaptus dominicus eisenmanni Storer & Getty, 1985  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.   
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus    
       
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: AOU Check-List (07-2005), website (version Jul-2005)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "LIST OF THE 2,037 BIRD SPECIES (WITH SCIENTIFIC AND ENGLISH NAMES) KNOWN FROM THE A.O.U. CHECK-LIST AREA" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-46), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus, Least Grebe [English]   
       
  Source: AOU Check-List (08-2011), website (version Aug-2011)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: American Ornithologists' Union's "Check-list of North American Birds - List of the 2,078 Bird Species Known From the A.O.U. Check-list Area" (AOU Check-list, 7th edition, updated with Supplements 42-52), maintained at http://www.aou.org/   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus, Least Grebe [English], Grèbe minime [French]   
       
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Zambullidor menor[Spanish]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List (v 5.4), website (version 5.4), website (version 5.4)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2015. IOC World Bird List (v 5.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 01 February, 2015]   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus, Least Grebe [English]   
       
  Source: IOC World Bird List, Master List v2.9, website (version 2.9)  
  Acquired: 2011   
  Notes: Master list and sub-lists are maintained at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/names.html, and 'virtually replace' Gill & Wright 2006 (Birds of the World, Recommended English Names)   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus, Least Grebe [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2015.02.01, website (version 01-Feb-15)  
  Acquired: 2015   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright   
  Publication Date: 2006   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Birds of the World: Recommended English Names   
  Page(s): ix + 259   
  Publisher: Princeton University Press   
  Publication Place: Princeton, New Jersey, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-691-12827-8   
  Notes: Includes a CD-ROM with the full dataset   
  Reference for: Tachybaptus dominicus, Least Grebe [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Caribbean  
    North America  
    Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Caribbean Territories, Native  
    Continental US, Native  
    Mexico, Native  
 

 

    

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