Atitlán grebe
| Atitlán grebe | |
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| Photo by David G. Allen | |
CITES Appendix I
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Podicipediformes |
| Family: | Podicipedidae |
| Genus: | Podilymbus |
| Species: | †P. gigas
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| Binomial name | |
| †Podilymbus gigas Griscom, 1929
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The Atitlán grebe (Podilymbus gigas), also known as the giant grebe, giant pied-billed grebe or poc, is an extinct species of grebe. A relative of the pied-billed grebe, it was endemic at the Lago de Atitlán in Guatemala at an altitude of 1700 m. It was described in 1929 by Ludlow Griscom based on a specimen collected in 1926 and had been overlooked in the past. American ecologist Anne LaBastille observed the decline of this species over a period of 25 years. It was declared extinct by 1990.