Snares Penguin
Eudyptes robustusOliver, WRB, 1953
English (US) Snares Penguin
The Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus) 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 coastal forest of Snares Islands; disperses westward to waters off southeastern Australia, and northward off New ZealandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eudyptes robustus
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Snares Penguin
- Described by
- Oliver, WRB, 1953
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Oliver, WRB, 1953
- Type locality
- Snares Islands.
- Original description
- The Emu 53 p.187
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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