Editing Podilymbus

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Podilymbus''
| fossil_range = [[Late Pliocene]] to present
| image = Podilymbus-podiceps-001.jpg
| image_caption = [[Pied-billed grebe]]
| taxon = Podilymbus
| authority = [[René Primevère Lesson|Lesson]], 1831
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
*†''[[Podilymbus majusculus]]''
*†''[[Podilymbus wetmorei]]''
*†''[[Podilymbus gigas]]''
*''[[Podilymbus podiceps]]''
}}

'''''Podilymbus''''' is a genus of [[bird]]s in the [[Podicipedidae|Grebe family]], the genus name is derived from [[Latin]] ''Podilymbus'', a [[contraction (grammar)|contraction]] of ''podicipes'' ("feet at the buttocks", from ''podici-'', "rump-" + ''pes'', "foot")—the origin of the name of the grebe [[order (biology)|order]]—and [[Ancient Greek]] ''kolymbos'', "diver".<ref>Cabard P. and Chauvet B. (2003). ''Etymologie des noms d'oiseaux'' Belin Eveil éditeur, France {{ISBN|2-7011-3783-7}}</ref>

==Species==
The genus contains two [[recent]] species :
{{Species table |genus= Podilymbus |authority-name=[[René Primevère Lesson|Lesson]] |authority-year=1831 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row
|name=Pied-billed grebe |binomial=[[Podilymbus podiceps]]<ref>{{ITIS |taxon=''Podilymbus'' Lesson, 1831 |id=174504 |accessdate=June 2, 2011}}</ref>
|image=File:PodilymbusPodiceps 6865.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=[[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] |authority-year=[[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]] |authority-not-original=yes
|range=  North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America 
|range-image=File:Pied-billed Grebe.png
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies={{Collapsible list |expand=yes |title=Three subspecies |bullets=on
|''P. p. podiceps'', <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])</small>
|''P. p. antarcticus'', <small>([[René Lesson|Lesson]], 1842)</small>
|''P. p. antillarum'', <small>([[Outram Bangs|Bangs]], 1913)</small>
}}
}}

{{Species table/row
|name={{extinct}} [[Atitlán grebe]] |binomial=[[Podilymbus gigas]]
|image=File:Pato poc.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=
|authority-name=Griscom|authority-year= 1929 |authority-not-original=
|range= Guatemala; declared extinct in 1990
|range-image=
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= EX
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}
{{Species table/end}}


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==
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[[Category:Bird genera]]
[[Category:Bird genera with one living species]]
[[Category:Extant Late Pleistocene first appearances]]
[[Category:Pleistocene birds]]
[[Category:Pleistocene birds of North America]]


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