Colymbiformes is a disused order of birds that was once used to classify grebes and loons. Scientific study has revealed that these two types of waterbirds are not so closely related; they have been reclassified in the orders Podicipediformes and Gaviiformes, respectively. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colymbiformes
former taxonomic order that included the water birds known as loons and grebes. Later scholarship determined that these two groups were not related, ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/113