The Key to Scientific Names

Edited by James A. Jobling
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Pedetaithya

(Podicipedidae; syn. Podiceps Red-necked Grebe P. grisegena) Gr. πηδητης pēdētēs  leaper  < πηδαω pedaō  to spring; αιθυια aithuia  unidentified diving bird; "1. Podiceps subcristatus.  ...  1. Springtaucher. Pedetaithya *). (Pod. subcristatus.)  Entw[ickelung]. Wie gewöhnlich bei Podiceps.   Char[akter]. Steißfüße mit geradem, kegelförmigem Schnabel, langem Halse und etwas verlängerten Kopffedern.   Leb[ensart]. Wie die des Steißfußes.  ...  *) πηδητης, Springer.  αιθυια, Taucher.   ...   220. Pedeaithgia [sic] (P. subcristatus)." (Kaup 1829); "Pedetaithya Kaup, Skizz. Entw. Gesch. Eur. Thierw., p. 44, [195,] 1829—type, by monotypy, Colymbus subcristatus Jacquin = C. griseigena Boddaert." (Hellmayr and Conover, 1948, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. I (2), p. 18).
Var. Pedeaithgia, Pedaithyia, Pedeaythyia, Pedetaithyia, Podaethyia.


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