The great grebe is the largest species of grebe in the world. A disjunct population exists in northwestern Peru, while the main distribution is from extreme southeastern Brazil to Patagonia and central Chile. The population from southern Chile is considered a separate subspecies, P. m. navasi. Source: Wikipedia
Citation:
(Boddaert, P 1783)
Reference:
Table Planches Enlum. D'Aubenton
Protonym:
Colymbus major
Type locality:
Cayenne; error.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/88617#page/46/mode/1up
Avibase ID:
EA53492B368A6650
Avibase ID:
avibase-EA53492B
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/EA53492B
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 174492
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Grand Grèbe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Grand Grèbe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2021: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2022: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2023: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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eBird version 2017: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2021: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2022: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
eBird version 2023: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Podiceps major [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Aechmophorus major [version 1] |
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Podiceps major [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03: Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024): Great Grebe ( Podiceps major) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Podicephorus major [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Podicephorus major [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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