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Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 212659

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Spheniscus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Spheniscus
Source  basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English African penguin  [details]
English jackass penguin  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Mozambique [details]
South Africa [details]
South Africa (country) [details]
Links To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Description: Length: 60 cm. Plumage: Adult black above white below with black band extending from upper breast down sides of body to feet, occasionally with a second narrower complete or incomplete black neck band and very sparce black spotting on belly; face black with broad white band separating face patch from crown and back of head. Immature sooty black on back, white on belly with sparce black spotting. Bare parts: iris hazel; bill black with cream band behind tip; feet blackwith pink blotches; skin above eye red. [details]

Remark: Listed in the SA Red Data Bk. & IUCN Red Data Bk. as Vulnerable [details]
Images 
Spheniscus demersus
Spheniscus demersus
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Spheniscus demersus
Spheniscus demersus
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Spheniscus demersus
Spheniscus demersus
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Spheniscus demersus
Spheniscus demersus
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history		 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through the World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212659 on 2010-09-02
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