New Zealand Grebe Poliocephalus rufopectus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Francesc Llimona, Josep del Hoyo, Francesc Jutglar, Guy M. Kirwan, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 23, 2016
Text last updated May 23, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Новозеландски гмурец |
| Catalan | cabussó de Nova Zelanda |
| Czech | potápka novozélandská |
| Dutch | Nieuw-Zeelandse Fuut |
| English | New Zealand Grebe |
| English (New Zealand) | New Zealand Dabchick |
| English (United States) | New Zealand Grebe |
| Finnish | uudenseelanninuikku |
| French | Grèbe de Nouvelle-Zélande |
| French (France) | Grèbe de Nouvelle-Zélande |
| German | Maoritaucher |
| Icelandic | Eldgoði |
| Japanese | ニュージーランドカイツブリ |
| Norwegian | maoridykker |
| Polish | perkoz maoryski |
| Russian | Новозеландская поганка |
| Serbian | Novozelandski gnjurac |
| Slovak | potápka maorská |
| Spanish | Zampullín Maorí |
| Spanish (Spain) | Zampullín maorí |
| Swedish | maoridopping |
| Turkish | Yeni Zelanda Batağanı |
| Ukrainian | Пірникоза новозеландська |
Poliocephalus rufopectus (Gray, 1843)
PROTONYM:
Podiceps (Poliocephalus) rufopectus
Gray, 1843. Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country 2, p.198.
TYPE LOCALITY:
North Island, New Zealand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- POLIOCEPHALUS
- poliocephalus
- rufopectus
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 New Zealand Grebe
