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Atitlan Grebe Podilymbus gigas Scientific name definitions
- EX Extinct
- Names (20)
- Monotypic
Francesc Llimona, Josep del Hoyo, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 10, 2014
Text last updated May 10, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cabusset de l'Atitlan |
| Czech | potápka tlustozobá |
| Dutch | Atitlanfuut |
| English | Atitlan Grebe |
| English (United States) | Atitlan Grebe |
| Finnish | atitlaninuikku |
| French | Grèbe de l'Atitlan |
| French (France) | Grèbe de l'Atitlan |
| German | Atitlantaucher |
| Japanese | オオオビハシカイツブリ |
| Norwegian | atitlandykker |
| Polish | perkozek gwatemalski |
| Russian | Атитланская поганка |
| Serbian | Gnjurac sa jezera Atitlan (izumro) |
| Slovak | potápka atitlánska |
| Spanish | Zampullín del Atitlán |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zampullín del Atitlán |
| Swedish | atitlándopping |
| Turkish | Atitlan Batağanı |
| Ukrainian | Пірникоза гватемальська |
Podilymbus gigas Griscom, 1929
PROTONYM:
Podilymbus gigas
Griscom, 1929. American Museum Novitates no.379, p.5.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Panajachel, north shore of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala; altitude 5,300 feet.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PODILYMBUS
- gigas
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Atitlan Grebe
