CAVS: 8666
Subspecies Pygoscelis papua papua (J.R. Forster, 1781)
- Aptenodytes papua 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] [140, pl. 3].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Flakland Island. - Aptenodytes taeniata Peale, T.R. 1848. United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Mammalia and Ornithology. Philadelphia : C. Sherman (Printer) 8 xxv pp. 17-338. [264].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Macquarie Island [54°37'S, 158°52'E].
Distribution
States
Tasmania
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds on sub-Antarctic Islands including Heard Island and Macquarie Island, rare vagrant to southern TAS
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Macquarie Island Province (24), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36)
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater
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) |
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10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
10-Nov-2020 | SPHENISCIFORMES | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |