WoRMS taxon details
Tachybaptus Reichenbach, 1853
AphiaID: 148789
AphiaID: 148789
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Podicipediformes (Order) > Podicipedidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Parent | Podicipedidae | |||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Tachybaptus dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) Species Tachybaptus ruficollis (Pallas, 1764) | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Description: Small grebe. Short, plump body. Tail extremely short. Neck and wings short. No ornamental plumage on head or neck. Bill short, conical and with a blunt tip. Outer toe nearly as long as middle toe. No bald spot on crown of young. [details] | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148789 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Tachybaptus Reichenbach, 1853. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148789 on 2013-05-21 | ||||||||
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