Yellow-eyed Penguin
Megadyptes antipodes(Hombron, JB; Jacquinot, H, 1841)
English (US) Yellow-eyed Penguin
The Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) 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: very local on coasts of South (where now very rare), Stewart and satellites, Auckland, and Campbell islands (New Zealand)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Megadyptes antipodes
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Yellow-eyed Penguin
- Described by
- (Hombron, JB; Jacquinot, H, 1841)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Catarrhactes antipodes
- Described by
- (Hombron, JB; Jacquinot, H, 1841)
- Type locality
- Auckland Islands.
- Original description
- Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie (2), 16 p.320
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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