Atitlan Grebe / Podilymbus gigas
Atitlan Grebe
SCI Name:
Protonym: Podilymbus gigas Am.Mus.Novit. no.379 p.5
Taxonomy: Podicipediformes / Podicipedidae / Podilymbus
Taxonomy Code: atigre1
Type Locality: Panajachel, north shore of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala; altitude 5,300 feet.
Author: Griscom
Publish Year: 1929
IUCN Status: Extinct
DEFINITIONS
PODILYMBUS
(Podicipedidae; Ϯ Pied-billed Grebe P. podiceps) Portmanteau of genera Podiceps Latham, 1787, grebe, and Colymbus Linnaeus, 1758, grebe; "II.e Sous-genre. Podilymbus. Bec court, haut, très-comprimé, convexe et arrondi en dessus, à mandibule supérieure recourbée, terminée en crochet; la mandibule inférieure très-mince, droite en dessous, échancrée à son sommet, et plus courte que la supérieure; bords coupans, légèrement fléchis; fosses nasales latérales, larges, recouvertes par une membrane; narines rondes. 12.º GRÈBE A BEC CERCLÉ; Podiceps carolinensis, Lath.; Colymbus podiceps, Gm., et Colymbus ludovicianus, Gm.; Enl., 943; Catesby, pl. 91; Vieill., Gal., texte, t. II, p. 204." (Lesson 1831); "Podilymbus Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 8, 1831, p. 595. Type, by monotypy, Podiceps carolinensis Latham = Colymbus podiceps Linné." (Peters 1931, 1, 41).
Var. Podilimbus, Podilymnus.
Synon. Hydroka, Nexiteles, Phalaropsis, Sylbeocyclus.
gigas
L. gigas, gigantis giant < Gr. γιγας gigas, γιγαντος gigantos giant.
● ex Ardea scolopacea J. Gmelin, 1789, and “Caráu” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 366 (syn. Aramus guarauna).
● ex “Coucal Géant” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 223 (syn. Centropus phasianinus).
● ex “Touraco Géant” of Levaillant 1813-1818, pl. 19 (syn. Corythaeola cristata).
● ex “Coucou verdâtre de Madagascar” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Great Madagascar Cuckow” of Latham 1781 (Coua).
● ex “Plus grand Martin-pêcheur” of de Buffon 1770-1785, and “Great Brown Kingsfisher” of Latham 1782 (syn. Dacelo novaeguineae).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: 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)