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Gaviiformes (loon)
Taxonomy
Gaviiformes was named by Wetmore and Miller (1926). It is extant.
It was reranked as the suborder Gaviiformes by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the unranked clade Gaviiformes by Mayr (2005), Sangster and Mayr (2021).
It was assigned to Carinatae by Hay (1930); to Neognathae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Carroll (1988); to Neornithes by Hope (2002); to Neognathae by Mayr (2005); to Neoaves by Slack et al. (2006); to Gaviomorphae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aves by Howard (1972), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992), del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Aequornithes by Sangster and Mayr (2021), Mayr (2022).
It was reranked as the suborder Gaviiformes by Hay (1930); it was reranked as the unranked clade Gaviiformes by Mayr (2005), Sangster and Mayr (2021).
It was assigned to Carinatae by Hay (1930); to Neognathae by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956), Carroll (1988); to Neornithes by Hope (2002); to Neognathae by Mayr (2005); to Neoaves by Slack et al. (2006); to Gaviomorphae by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aves by Howard (1972), Guthrie (1992), Parmalee (1992), del Hoyo et al. (2014); and to Aequornithes by Sangster and Mayr (2021), Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Gaviiformes Wetmore and Miller |
| 1930 | Gaviiformes Hay p. 284 |
| 1940 | Gaviiformes Wetmore p. 6 |
| 1956 | Gaviiformes Wetmore p. 7 |
| 1972 | Gaviiformes Howard p. 3 |
| 1988 | Gaviiformes Carroll |
| 1992 | Gaviiformes Guthrie p. 320 |
| 1992 | Gaviiformes Parmalee p. 309 |
| 2002 | Gaviiformes Hope p. 365 |
| 2005 | Gaviiformes Mayr p. 318 |
| 2006 | Gaviiformes Slack et al. p. 1150 |
| 2007 | Gaviiformes Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2014 | Gaviiformes del Hoyo et al. |
| 2021 | Gaviiformes Sangster and Mayr p. 50 |
| 2022 | Gaviiformes Mayr p. 119 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Unr. Gaviiformes Wetmore and Miller 1926 [loon]
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Fm. Gaviidae Allen 1897
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G. †Colymboides Milne-Edwards 1867
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†Colymboides anglicus Lydekker 1891
†Colymboides metzleri Mayr 2004
†Colymboides minutus Milne-Edwards 1868
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Invalid names: Hydrornis natator Milne-Edwards 1878 [synonym]
Invalid names: Dyspetornis Oberholser 1905 [synonym], Hydrornis Milne-Edwards 1868 [synonym]
G. Gavia Forster 1788
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Gavia adamsii Gray 1859 [Yellow-billed loon]
Gavia arctica Linnaeus 1758 [Arctic loon]
†Gavia brodkorbi Howard 1978
†Gavia egeriana Svec 1982
†Gavia fortis Olson and Rasmussen 2001
†Gavia howardae Brodkorb 1953
Gavia immer Brunnich 1764 [Common loon]
†Gavia moldavica Kessler 1984
Gavia pacifica Lawrence 1858 [Pacific loon]
†Gavia paradoxa Umans'ka 1981
†Gavia pusilla Shufeldt 1915
†Gavia schultzi Mlíkovský 1998
Gavia stellata Pontoppidan 1763 [Red-throated loon]
Invalid names: Colymboidinae [empty], Gaviinae [empty]
Invalid names: Lonchodytidae Brodkorb 1963 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available