Gavia Brisson, 1760
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Brisson, Mathurin-Jacques. 1760. Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés. Cl. Jean-Baptiste Bauche, Paris. Vol. 6: ; 1-543; ; i-lxv; ; i-xxii; ; pls. i-xlvii; Suppl. 1-146; pls. i-vi.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- genus
- Gavia
Name
Bibliographic References
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 401 Suppression under the Plenary Powers of the generic name Colymbus Linnaeus, 1758, and addition to the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology of the generic names Gavia Forster, 1788, and Podiceps Latham, 1787 (class Aves).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 13(1), 1-64 (1956)