CAVS: 0804
Species Aptenodytes forsteri G.R. Gray, 1844
Emperor Penguin
- Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, G.R. 1844. Aptenodytes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 13: 315 [315].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BMNH 1880.11.18.791-793 Skin, Antarctic seas. - Aptenodytes imperator Bonaparte, C.L. 1856. Espèces nouvelles d'oiseaux d'Asie et d'Amerique, et tableaux paralleliques des pelagiens ou gaviae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences. Paris 41: 764-776 [775].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), locality unknown. - Aptenodytes excelsior Mathews, G.M. & Iredale, T. 1935. [Messrs. Gregory M. Mathews and Tom Iredale sent the following notes on Penguins]. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 55: 101 [101] [nomen nudum].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds in Antarctica, rarely moves beyond pack-ice, vagrant records from Heard and Macquarie Islands.
Other Regions
Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
Common Name References
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (Emperor Penguin)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 20-Nov-2015 | SPHENISCIDAE Bonaparte, 1831 | 28-Oct-2015 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | SPHENISCIFORMES | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |