Podilymbus gigas — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Podicipediformes/Podicipedidae/Podilymbus

At a glance

Occurrence records27

Data sources7

Biological traits3

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources7 archives

Databases and archives Podilymbus gigas's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility27 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources3 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF27 records

01Narrative

The Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas), also known as giant grebe, giant pied-billed grebe, or poc, is an extinct water bird, a relative of the pied-billed grebe. It was endemic at the Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala at an altitude of 1700 m asl. It was described in 1929 by Ludlow Griscom based on a specimen collected in 1926 and had been overlooked in the past. American ecologist Anne LaBastille observed the decline of this species over a period of 25 years. It was declared extinct by 1990.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDB

Size & morphology3

Body mass699 g

Body mass (female)568 g

Body mass (male)830 g

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type27 records

Wild obs. + sensor12

Museum / vouchered15

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO48 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 12 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor12

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

≤10 km 9

9 georeferenced · 6 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence15

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions4 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	5
Ann Arbor, US	5
New Haven, US	4
Los Angeles, US	1

4 institutions · 15 of 15 vouchered records shown