Podiceps cristatus Linnaeus 1758 (great crested grebe)

Aves - Podicipediformes - Podicipedidae

Alternative combination: Colymbus cristatus

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Belongs to Podiceps according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Linnaeus 1758, Mlikovsky 2002, Varricchio 2002, Worthy 1998 and Zelenkov et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Podiceps arndti, Podiceps auritus, Podiceps discors, Podiceps dixi, Podiceps grisegena, Podiceps miocenicus, Podiceps nigricollis, Podiceps parvus, Podiceps sociatus, Podiceps subparvus, Miobaptus walteri

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of New Zealand (3 collections), the Russian Federation (2)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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