Biology:Tricolored grebe

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Short description: Species of bird

Tricolored grebe
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Podicipediformes
Family: Podicipedidae
Genus: Tachybaptus
Species:
T. tricolor
Binomial name
Tachybaptus tricolor
(Gray, GR, 1861)
Synonyms

Tachybaptus ruficollis tricolor

The tricolored grebe (Tachybaptus tricolor) is a bird in the family Podicipedidae sometimes considered conspecific with the little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis). It is native to maritime Southeast Asia and Australasia.[1] The IOC has split the bird; however, other taxonomic authorities still consider the birds conspecific.

Systematics

The following subspecies are considered to be part of the tricolor group:

  • Tachybaptus ruficollis vulcanorum (Rensch, 1929): Sulawesi, North Maluku to New Guinea
  • Tachybaptus ruficollis tricolor (Gray, 1861): Java, Timor, Lesser Sundas, northeast New Guinea to Bougainville Island.
  • Tachybaptus ruficollis collaris (Mayr, 1945): Solomon Islands

References

  1. "Grebes". International Ornithological Congress. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/BOW/grebes/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2381553 entry