Little Penguin
Eudyptula minor(Forster, JR, 1781)
English (US) Little Penguin
The Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor) 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.
- Scientific name
- Eudyptula minor
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Little Penguin
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1781)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 6 subspecies for this species.
- Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae
- Eudyptula minor iredalei
- Eudyptula minor variabilis
- Eudyptula minor minor
- Eudyptula minor albosignata
- Eudyptula minor chathamensis
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Aptenodytes minor
- Described by
- (Forster, JR, 1781)
- Type locality
- Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
- Original description
- Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 3(1780) p.135,147
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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