Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- 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 | cabussó canós |
| Czech | potápka šedohlavá |
| Dutch | Grijskopfuut |
| English | Hoary-headed Grebe |
| English (United States) | Hoary-headed Grebe |
| Finnish | mustaniskauikku |
| French | Grèbe argenté |
| French (France) | Grèbe argenté |
| German | Haarschopftaucher |
| Icelandic | Hærugoði |
| Japanese | シラガカイツブリ |
| Norwegian | sølvhodedykker |
| Polish | perkoz sędziwy |
| Russian | Седоголовая поганка |
| Serbian | Gnjurac prugastog lica |
| Slovak | potápka sivohlavá |
| Spanish | Zampullín Canoso |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zampullín canoso |
| Swedish | gråhuvad dopping |
| Turkish | Kır Saçlı Batağan |
| Ukrainian | Пірникоза сивоголова |
Poliocephalus poliocephalus (Jardine & Selby, 1827)
PROTONYM:
Podiceps poliocephalus
Jardine & Selby, 1827. Illustrations of ornithology 1, pl.13,text.
TYPE LOCALITY:
New South Wales.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- POLIOCEPHALUS
- poliocephalus
The Key to Scientific Names
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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 Hoary-headed Grebe
