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Podilymbus gigas (Atitlan Grebe; Atltlan Grebe)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Podilymbus gigas

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct
View IUCN Record: Podilymbus gigas

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.541 lbs (699 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.252 lbs (568 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.83 lbs (830 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  46.1 %
Breeding Habitat [2]  Freshwater lakes
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Freshwater lakes

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Lobatolepis lobulata <Unverified Name>[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0