Genus Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832

Museums

Regional Maps

• Pygoscelis Wagler, J.G. 1832. Mittheilungen ueber einige merkwuerdige Thiere. Isis ii: 265-282 [281].

  Type species:

   Aptenodytes papua Forster, J.R., 1781 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Mathews, G.M. 1927. Systema Avium Australasianarum. A systematic list of the birds of the Australasian region. London : British Ornithologists' Union Pt 1 iv 426 pp. [9]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [7]; Falla, R.A. & Mougin, J.-L. 1979. Order Sphenisciformes. pp.121-134 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [124]; Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order SPHENISCIFORMES: Penguins. pp.52-63 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [54].
• Dasyramphus Hombron, J.B. & Jacquinot, C.H. (eds) 1853. Voyage au Pole Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1837-1840, sous le commandement de M.J. Dumont-d'Urville Capitaine de Vaisseau. Zoologie. Paris : Gide & Baudry Vol. 3 166 pp. [154].

  Type species:

   Catarrhactes adeliae Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Sharpe, R.B. & Ogilvie-Grant, W.R. 1898. Catalogue of the Plataleae, Herodiones, Steganopodes, Pygopodes, Alcae, and Impennes in the Collection of the British Museum. London : Trustees British Museum Vol. 26 pp. xvii + 687. [630]; Condon, H.T. 1975. Checklist of the Birds of Australia. Part 1 Non-Passerines. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union xx 311 pp. [7]; Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order SPHENISCIFORMES: Penguins. pp.52-63 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [54].
• Pygoscelys Bonaparte, C.L. 1854. Conspectus systematis ornithologiae. Annales des Sciences Naturelles Zoologie, Paris 4 1: 105-152 [145] [emendment for Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832].
• Dasycelis Mathews, G.M. 1934. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 55: 74-75 [74].

  Type species:

   Aptenodytes antarctica Forster, J.R., 1781 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Falla, R.A. & Mougin, J.-L. 1979. Order Sphenisciformes. pp.121-134 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [124]; Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order SPHENISCIFORMES: Penguins. pp.52-63 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [54].
• Pucheramphus Mathews, G.M. 1935. Untitled. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 55: 112-113 [113].

  Type species:

   Catarrhactes adeliae Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841 by original designation.

  Secondary source:

   Falla, R.A. & Mougin, J.-L. 1979. Order Sphenisciformes. pp.121-134 in Mayr, E. & Cottrell, G.W. Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge, Massachusetts : Museum of Comparative Zoology Vol. 1 Edn 2, pp.xvii + 547. [124]; Tennyson, A.J.D. 2010. Order SPHENISCIFORMES: Penguins. pp.52-63 in Gill, B.G., Bell, B.D., Chambers, G.K., Medway, D.G., Palma, R.L., Scofield, R.P., Tennyson, A.J.D. & Worthy, T.H. Checklist of the birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica. Wellington : Te Papa Press 4th Edn, 500 pp. [54].

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory, Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
10-Nov-2020	SPHENISCIFORMES	31-Jul-2014	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		12-Feb-2010	(import)