Madagascar Grebe
Tachybaptus pelzelnii(Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
English (US) Madagascar Grebe
The Madagascar Grebe (Tachybaptus pelzelnii) 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: MadagascarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tachybaptus pelzelnii
- Family
- Podicipedidae (Grebes)
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Madagascar Grebe
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Podiceps pelzelnii
- Described by
- (Hartlaub, KJG, 1861)
- Type locality
- Madagascar.
- Original description
- Ornithologischer Beitrag zur Fauna Madagascar's p.83
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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