Fiordland Penguin
Eudyptes pachyrhynchusGray, GR, 1845
English (US) Fiordland Penguin
The Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Spheniscidae (Penguins) in the order Sphenisciformes.
Range: breeds inland in forests of southwestern South Island, western and southern Stewart Island, and satellites (New Zealand); winters to seas south of AustraliaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Fiordland Penguin
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1845
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1845
- Type locality
- Waikowaiti, South Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- The zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, R.N., F.R.S., during the years 1839 to 1843 1 Birds p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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