New Zealand Grebe / Poliocephalus rufopectus
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New Zealand Grebe
SCI Name:
Protonym: Podiceps (Poliocephalus) rufopectus Trav.N.Z.[Dieffenbach] 2 p.198
Taxonomy: Podicipediformes / Podicipedidae / Poliocephalus
Taxonomy Code: nezgre1
Type Locality: North Island, New Zealand.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1843
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
POLIOCEPHALUS
(Podicipedidae; Ϯ Hoary-headed Grebe P. poliocephalus) Specific name Podiceps poliocephalus Jardine & Selby, 1827. "FAM. COLYMBIDÆ. Genus Podiceps. LATH. ... Pod. (Poliocephalus, SELBY) (1) Nestor. Australia. ... (1) Mr. Swainson gives to this group a generic value, but we doubt whether it is even entitled to a subgeneric rank." (Selby 1840); "Poliocephalus Selby, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Types Av., 1840, p. 47. Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Podiceps poliocephalus Jardine and Selby." (Peters 1931, 1, 35) (see nestor).
Var. Poliocephelus.
Synon. Colymbetes, Dasyptilus.
poliocephalus
Gr. πολιος polios grey, grizzled; -κεφαλος -kephalos -headed < κεφαλη kephalē head.
● ex “Grey-headed Cuckow” of Latham 1787 (Cuculus).
● ex “Ash-headed Thrush” of Latham 1801 (Turdus).
rufopectus
L. rufus rufous; pectus, pectoris breast.
● See: rufopicta
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
