Colombian Grebe
Podiceps andinus(Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1959)
English (US) Colombian Grebe
The Colombian Grebe (Podiceps andinus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Podicipedidae (Grebes) in the order Podicipediformes.
Range: formerly montane wetlands of Bogotá area (eastern Andes, central Colombia); extinct, last reported 1977Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Podiceps andinus
- Family
- Podicipedidae (Grebes)
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Colombian Grebe
- Described by
- (Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1959)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Colymbus caspicus andinus
- Described by
- (Meyer de Schauensee, R, 1959)
- Type locality
- Lake Tota, Boyaca, Colombia; altitude 3,015 meters.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 111 p.55
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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