Species Eudyptula minor (J.R. Forster, 1781)
Little Penguin, Fairy Penguin, Little Blue Penguin
- Aptenodytes minor Forster, J.R. 1781. Historia Aptenodytae, generis Avium orbi australi proprii. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis, Gottingae 3: 121-148, pl. 5 [Date published 1781: dated 1780] [135] [nominate subspecies not present in Australia].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Dusky Sound, Fiordland, NZ.
Introduction
Nominate subspecies Eudyptula minor minor not present in Australia
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Nominate subspecies Eudyptula minor minor not present in Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [5] (Fairy Penguin, Little Blue Penguin)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (Little Penguin)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Sep-2024 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | SPHENISCIFORMES | 03-Sep-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |