Podicipedidae

From Palaeos

<==Podicipedidae (see below for synonymy)
   |--Aechmophorus occidentalis
   |--Tachybaptus
   |    |--T. novaehollandiae (Stephens 1826)
   |    `--T. ruficollis [=Podiceps ruficollis]
   |         |--T. r. ruficollis
   |         `--T. r. poggei
   |--Poliocephalus
   |    |--*P. poliocephalus
   |    `--P. rufopectus (Gray 1843) (see below for synonymy)
   |--Podilymbus Lesson 1831 [Podilymbidae]
   |    `--P. podiceps
   |         |--P. p. podiceps
   |         |--P. p. antillarum
   |         `--P. p. gigas
   `--Podiceps Latham 1787
        |--P. auritus
        |--P. caspicus
        |--P. cristatus (Linnaeus 1758) [=Colymbus cristatus]
        |    |--P. c. cristatus
        |    |--P. c. australis Gould 1844
        |    `--P. c. infuscatus
        |--P. grisegena
        |    |--P. g. grisegena
        |    `--P. g. holboellii
        |--P. micropterus
        |--P. nigricollis
        |--P. novaehollandiae
        |--P. occipitalis
        |--P. oligocaenus
        |--P. poliocephalus Jardine & Selby 1827
        |--P. rufolavatus
        `--P. taczanowskii

Inorganic: Padiceps ruficollis minilorientalis Okamura 1987

Podicipedidae [Colymbiformes, Podicepinae, Podicepsinae, Podicipediformes, Podicipinae, Podicipitidae, Podicipitiformes]

Poliocephalus rufopectus (Gray 1843) [=Podiceps rufopectus; incl. Fulica novazealandiae Colenso 1845]

* Type species of generic name indicated

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