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Species Pygoscelis papua (J.R. Forster, 1781)

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Species Pygoscelis papua (J.R. Forster, 1781)

Gentoo Penguin, Rock Hopper

Distribution

States

Tasmania

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IMCRA

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

Other Regions

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

Distribution References

Simpson, K. & Day, N. 2004. Birds of Australia. Camberwell, Victoria : Penguin Group (Australia) Edn 7, pp. 382. [282]

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] (Rock Hopper)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Gentoo Penguin)

Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (Gentoo 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
10-Nov-2020	SPHENISCIFORMES	30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED	Dr Wayne Longmore
		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED