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Gaviidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
Published in
<i>Key N. Amer. Birds</i> (ed. 5), <b>2</b>: 104

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Gaviiformes
family
Gaviidae

Name

Synonyms
Gavidae
Homonyms
Gaviidae
Common names
Divers in English
Divers in English
Divers in English
Divers in English
Lommer in Danish
Loons in English
Loons in English
Loons in English
Loons in English
Loons in English
Plongeons in French
divers in English
divers in English
duikers in Dutch
lomfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
lomfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
lommar in Swedish
Divers in English
divers in English
duikers in Dutch
lomfamilien in Nynorsk, Norwegian
lomfamilien in Norwegian Bokmål
lommar in Swedish
loons in English
ob. lom in Swedish
アビ科 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Aphia 2006
  2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  3. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
  4. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
  5. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  6. Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.
  7. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 75 Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the family group name Urinatoridae (correction of Urinatores) Vieillot, 1818, and addition to the Official List of Family Group Names in Zoology of the names Podicipitidae (correction of Podicepinae Bonaparte, 1831, and Gaviidae Coues, 1903, as the family-group names for Grebes and Divers (Loons) respectively (class Aves) (Direction supplementary to Opinion 401).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 13(22), 291-308 (1957)
  8. Larsson, Ekström, Larsson & Gandemo (2007) Birds of the World [CD]
  9. Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp.
  10. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  11. van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 375-376
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