WoRMS taxon details
Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781)
AphiaID: 212657
AphiaID: 212657
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Eudyptes (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome (Forster, 1781) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details] additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] from synonym: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Subspecies Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome (Forster, 1781) represented as Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) (alternate representation) Subspecies Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921 represented as Eudyptes moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921 (alternate representation) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] South Africa (country) [details] Southern Ocean [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (34 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (150 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (105 nucleotides; 42 proteins) To IUCN Red List To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Breeding Category: Vagrant [details] Description: Length: 66-76 cm. Plumage: adult with head, throat, back, wings, tail and undertail coverts black, breast and belly white. Yellow line above eye not meeting on forehead, but ending in long, pale yellow plumes behind each eye. Immature with a line of cream feathers above eye and replacing plumes behind eye. Bare parts: iris red; bill pink to orange-red; feet dull pink with darker webs and black soles. [details] IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212657 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Adriaens, P.; Tasker, M. (2013). Eudyptes chrysocome. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212657 on 2013-05-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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