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Podilymbus Temporal range: Late Pliocene to present
Pied-billed grebe
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Podicipediformes
Family:	Podicipedidae
Tribe:	Podilymbini
Genus:	Podilymbus Lesson, 1831
Species
†Podilymbus majusculus †Podilymbus wetmorei †Podilymbus gigas Podilymbus podiceps

Podilymbus is a genus of birds in the Grebe family, the genus name is derived from Latin Podilymbus, a contraction of podicipes ("feet at the buttocks", from podici-, "rump-" + pes, "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe order—and Ancient Greek kolymbos, "diver".

Species

The genus contains two recent species :

Genus Podilymbus – Lesson, 1831 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Pied-billed grebe	Podilymbus podiceps (Linnaeus, 1758) Three subspecies P. p. podiceps, (Linnaeus, 1758) P. p. antarcticus, (Lesson, 1842) P. p. antillarum, (Bangs, 1913)	North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
† Atitlán grebe	Podilymbus gigas Griscom, 1929	Guatemala; declared extinct in 1990	Size: Habitat: Diet:	EX

There are also several prehistoric taxa of Podilymbus described from fossil remains:

• Podilymbus majusculus (Late Pliocene of Idaho)
• Podilymbus wetmorei (Late Pleistocene of Florida)
• Podilymbus podiceps magnus - a paleosubspecies of the pied-billed grebe of uncertain validity.

References

1. Cabard P. and Chauvet B. (2003). Etymologie des noms d'oiseaux Belin Eveil éditeur, France ISBN 2-7011-3783-7
2. "Podilymbus Lesson, 1831". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved June 2, 2011.

v t e Genera of grebes, flamingos and their extinct relatives
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Neoaves
Mirandornithes Mirandornithes †Juncitarsus †Kashinia? Podicipediformes †Miobaptus †Miodytes †Pliolymbus Poliocephalus Rollandia †Thiornis Podilymbini Podilymbus Poliocephalus? Rollandia? Tachybaptus †Thiornis? Podicipedini Aechmophorus †Pliolymbus? Podiceps Poliocephalus? Rollandia? †Thiornis? Phoenicopteriformes See below ↓
Phoenicopteriformes Phoenicopteriformes †Agnopterus? †Juncitarsus? †Kashinia? †Scaniornis? †Palaelodidae †Adelalopus †Palaelodus †Megapaloelodus Phoenicopteridae †Elornis? †Harrisonavis †Leakeyornis †Phoeniconotius Phoenicopterus Phoeniconaias Phoenicoparrus †Xenorhynchopsis

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