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Gavia Forster, 1788

AphiaID

137057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137057)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Gaviidae Allen, 1897

Direct children (6)

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Species Gavia adamsii (Gray, 1859)
Species Gavia arctica (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Gavia immer (Brünnich, 1764)
Species Gavia pacifica (Lawrence, 1858)
Species Gavia stellata (Pontoppidan, 1763)
Species Gavia viridigularis Dwight, 1918 accepted as Gavia arctica viridigularis Dwight, 1918

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Original description

Forster, J. R. (1788). Enchiridion historiae naturali inserviens, quo termini et delineationes ad avium, piscium, insectorum et plantarum adumbrationes intelligendas et concinnandas, secundum methodum systematis Linnaeani continentur. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25760777
page(s): 38 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2024). Gavia Forster, 1788. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137057 on 2024-11-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2018-09-13 13:34:30Z

changed

Tasker, Mark

Licensing

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original description Forster, J. R. (1788). Enchiridion historiae naturali inserviens, quo termini et delineationes ad avium, piscium, insectorum et plantarum adumbrationes intelligendas et concinnandas, secundum methodum systematis Linnaeani continentur. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25760777
page(s): 38 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Tetrapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 375-376 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]