Madagascar Grebe
Madagascar Grebe
Here the details of the Madagascar Grebe named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Podiceps pelzelnii Orn.Madagascar p.83
Taxonomy: Podicipediformes / Podicipedidae / Tachybaptus
Taxonomy Code: madgre1
Type Locality: Madagascar.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1861
IUCN Status: Endangered
DEFINITIONS
TACHYBAPTUS
(Podicipedidae; Ϯ Little Grebe or Dabchick T. ruficollis) Gr. ταχυς takhus fast; βαπτω baptō to sink under; "The Dabchick floats, swims, dives, and, as I have ascertained from observation, flies under water, with astonishing ease and activity. When surprised, it eludes its enemy by slipping beneath the surface, and not appearing until a good way off." (Macgillivray 1842); "3. *Tachybaptus RCHB. minor. (Colymb. — Briss.) R. Tab. 11. Caput, ala, cauda, pes. — Ic. Av. t. 11. ic. 79—85. — Reliquae species: t. 13. ic. 748—55. t. 111. ic. 1076. t. 111b. ic. 2941." (Reichenbach 1853); "Tachybaptus Reichenbach, Av. Syst. Nat., 1852 (1853), p. iii. Type, by monotypy, Colymbus minor Gmelin = Colymbus ruficollis Pallas." (Peters 1931, 1, 35).
Var. Tachybaptes.
Synon. Dominicus, Limnodytes.
pelzelni / pelzelnii
August Pelzel Edler von Pelzeln (1825-1891) Austrian ornithologist, collector (syn. Amazilia franciae cyaneicollis, Ammonastes, Aplonis, subsp. Cyanophonia cyanocephala, syn. Cygnus olor, Elaenia, Granatellus, syn. Ibycter americanus, syn. Micrastur gilvicollis, subsp. Myiarchus swainsoni, Ploceus, Pseudotriccus, subsp. Rhipidura albiscapa, subsp. Sicalis flaveola, Tachybaptus, Thamnophilus, subsp. Tityra inquisitor).
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)