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Aechmophorus

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Aechmophorus is a genus of birds in the grebe family.

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Vinony's link graph records 65 inbound references to Aechmophorus, and connects out to bird, Podicipedidae and Flamingos.

Vinony files it under Aechmophorus, Bird genera and Birds of North America.

Vinony links it to 31 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassAves
  4. OrderPodicipediformes
  5. FamilyPodicipedidae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater
Observations recorded1,406,917

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
202
With media
19
Family
Podicipedidae
Collections
SDNHM, MVZ, USNM, UNSM, DMNH, UCMP
Recorded in
United States, Canada

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Podicipedidae
Image
Western Grebe swimming.jpg
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Commons category
Aechmophorus
taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Aechmophorus
topic's main category
Category:Aechmophorus
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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Species
  • Distinguishing features
  • Distribution and habits
  • Reproduction
  • References

Aechmophorus is a genus of birds in the grebe family.

==Species== It has two living representatives breeding in western North America.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aechmophorus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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