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Taxonomy
Gaviidae was named by Allen (1897). It is extant. Its type is Gavia.
It was assigned to Gaviiformes by Hay (1930); to Neornithes by Chatterjee (2002); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); and to Gaviiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1943), Brodkorb (1955), Storer (1956), Miller and Bowman (1958), Howard (1972), Harrison and Walker (1976), Howard (1978), Howard (1982), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Guthrie (1992), Olson (1992), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mayr (2004), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mayr and Zvonok (2011), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Gaviiformes by Hay (1930); to Neornithes by Chatterjee (2002); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); and to Gaviiformes by Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1943), Brodkorb (1955), Storer (1956), Miller and Bowman (1958), Howard (1972), Harrison and Walker (1976), Howard (1978), Howard (1982), Carroll (1988), Chandler (1990), Guthrie (1992), Olson (1992), Parmalee (1992), Olson and Rasmussen (2001), Mayr (2004), Livezey and Zusi (2007), Mayr and Zvonok (2011), del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Colymbiculus, Colymboides (syn. Hydrornis, Dyspetornis), Colymboidinae, Gavia (type genus), Gaviellinae, Gaviinae
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1897 | Gaviidae Allen |
| 1930 | Gaviidae Hay p. 284 |
| 1940 | Gaviidae Wetmore p. 6 |
| 1943 | Gaviidae Wetmore p. 64 |
| 1955 | Gaviidae Brodkorb p. 4 |
| 1956 | Gaviidae Storer p. 425 |
| 1958 | Gaviidae Miller and Bowman p. 4 |
| 1972 | Gaviidae Howard p. 3 |
| 1976 | Gaviidae Harrison and Walker p. 326 |
| 1978 | Gaviidae Howard p. 487 |
| 1982 | Gaviidae Howard p. 3 |
| 1988 | Gaviidae Carroll |
| 1990 | Gaviidae Chandler p. 85 |
| 1992 | Gaviidae Guthrie p. 320 |
| 1992 | Gaviidae Olson p. 122 |
| 1992 | Gaviidae Parmalee p. 309 |
| 2001 | Gaviidae Olson and Rasmussen p. 241 |
| 2002 | Gaviidae Chatterjee p. 128 |
| 2004 | Gaviidae Mayr p. 282 |
| 2007 | Gaviidae Livezey and Zusi p. 90 |
| 2011 | Gaviidae Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5 |
| 2011 | Gaviidae Mayr and Zvonok p. 1354 |
| 2014 | Gaviidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Gaviidae Clements et al. |
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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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available