Alaotra Grebe
Tachybaptus rufolavatus(Delacour, JT, 1932)
English (US) Alaotra Grebe
The Alaotra Grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) 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 Lake Alaotra, Madagascar; extinct, last reported 1950Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tachybaptus rufolavatus
- Family
- Podicipedidae (Grebes)
- Order
- Podicipediformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Alaotra Grebe
- Described by
- (Delacour, JT, 1932)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Podiceps rufolavatus
- Described by
- (Delacour, JT, 1932)
- Type locality
- Lake Alaotra.
- Original description
- L'Oiseau et la Revue Française d'Ornithologie (n.s.) 2 p.6
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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