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

Homonyms

Gaviidae

Common names

Divers in English

Loons in English

Loons in English

divers in English

duikers in Dutch

loons in language.

lommar in Swedish

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 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

1. Aphia2006
2. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes, 2003: null. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada.
3. 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.
4. Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp.
5. Dickinson, Edward C., ed., 2003: null. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World, 3rd edition. 1039.
6. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
7. Harrison, P. (1985). Seabirds: an identification guide. Revised edition. Christopher Helm Publisher. A & C Black: London, UK. ISBN 0-7136-3510-X. 448 pp.
8. 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)
9. Larsson, L., Ekström, G., Larsson, E. & Gandemo, M. (2007) Birds of the World, 2:a uppl.
10. 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.
11. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
12. 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