Podilymbus

Podilymbus; Temporal range: Late Pliocene to present
	Pied-billed grebe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Podicipediformes
Family:	Podicipedidae
Tribe:	Podilymbini
Genus:	Podilymbus; Lesson, 1831
Species
	†Podilymbus majusculus; †Podilymbus wetmorei; †Podilymbus gigas; Podilymbus podiceps;

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".^[1]

Species

The genus contains two recent species :

Genus **Podilymbus** – Lesson, 1831 – two species
Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Pied-billed grebe	Podilymbus podiceps^[2] (Linnaeus, 1758) Three subspecies P. p. podiceps, (Linnaeus, 1758) P. p. antarcticus, (Lesson, 1842) P. p. antillarum, (Bangs, 1913)	North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
† Atitlán grebe	Podilymbus gigas Griscom, 1929	Guatemala; declared extinct in 1990	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EX

There are also several prehistoric taxa of Podilymbus described from fossil remains:

Podilymbus majusculus (Late Pliocene of Idaho)
Podilymbus wetmorei (Late Pleistocene of Florida)
Podilymbus podiceps magnus - a paleosubspecies of the pied-billed grebe of uncertain validity.

References

^ Cabard P. and Chauvet B. (2003). Etymologie des noms d'oiseaux Belin Eveil éditeur, France ISBN 2-7011-3783-7
^ "Podilymbus Lesson, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 2, 2011.

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[1] Cabard P. and Chauvet B. (2003). Etymologie des noms d'oiseaux Belin Eveil éditeur, France ISBN 2-7011-3783-7

[2] "Podilymbus Lesson, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 2, 2011.

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