The Key to Scientific Names
- TACHYBAPTUS
(Podicipedidae; Ϯ Little Grebe / Dabchick T. ruficollis) Gr. ταχυς takhus fast; βαπτω baptō to sink under; "The Dabchick floats, swims, dives, and, as I have ascertained from observation, flies under water, with astonishing ease and activity. When surprised, it eludes its enemy by slipping beneath the surface, and not appearing until a good way off." (Macgillivray 1842); "Genera et Species typicae. ... 3. *Tachybaptus RCHB. minor. (Colymb. — Briss.) R. Tab. 11. Caput, ala, cauda, pes. — Ic. Av. t. 11. ic. 79—85. — Reliquae species: t. 13. ic. 748—55. t. 111. ic. 1076. t. 111b. ic. 2941." (Reichenbach 1853); "Tachybaptus Reichenbach, 1853, Avium Systema Naturale, p. iii. Type, by original designation, Colymb. minor Briss., i.e. Colymbus minor Gmelin, 1789 = Colymbus ruficollis Pallas, 1764." (JAJ 2022).
Var. Tachybaptes.
Synon. Dominicus, Limnodytes.
