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Podilymbus
Sign in to savePodilymbus is a genus of birds in the Grebe family, the genus name is derived from Latin Podilymbus, a contraction of podicipes ("feet at the buttocks", from podici-, "rump-" + pes, "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe order—and Ancient Greek kolymbos, "diver".
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPodicipediformes
- FamilyPodicipedidae
Podilymbus es un género de aves que pertenece a la familia Podicipedidae. Son zambullidores pequeños nativos del continente americano.
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 134
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Podicipedidae
- Collections
- USNM, UF
- Recorded in
- United States
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Podilymbus is a genus of birds in the Grebe family, the genus name is derived from Latin Podilymbus, a contraction of podicipes ("feet at the buttocks", from podici-, "rump-" + pes, "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe order—and Ancient Greek kolymbos, "diver".
==Species== The genus contains two recent species :
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