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Podilymbus gigas  Griscom, 1929
Taxonomic Serial No.: 202222

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Atitlan Grebe [English]
  
    Grèbe de l'Atitlan [French]
  
       
  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  
                               GenusPodilymbus Lesson, 1831  
                                  SpeciesPodilymbus gigas Griscom, 1929 – Atitlan Grebe, Grèbe de l'Atitlan  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alan P. Peterson, M.D.  
  Notes: PO Box 1999 Walla Walla, Washington 99362-0999   
  Reference for: Podilymbus gigas    
       
  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: Podilymbus gigas, Atitlan 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: Podilymbus gigas, Atitlan Grebe [English], Grèbe de l'Atitlan [French]   
       
  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: Podilymbus gigas, Atitlan 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: Podilymbus gigas, Atitlan Grebe [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Podilymbus gigas   
       
  Source: U. S. Dept. Interior, database (version 1)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Podilymbus gigas   
       
  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: Podilymbus gigas   
       
  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: Podilymbus gigas, Atitlan Grebe [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Griscom, Ludlow  
  Publication Date: 1929   
  Article/Chapter Title: Studies from the Dwight Collection of Guatemala Birds. I   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, no. 379   
  Page(s): 1-13   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: Available online at http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5418   
  Reference for: original description   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: extinct  
    extinct  
 

 

    

 
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