WoRMS taxon details
Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758)
AphiaID: 212659
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 | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Mozambique [details] South Africa [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (8 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (258 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (84 nucleotides; 26 proteins) To IUCN Red List 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] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212659 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212659 on 2013-05-18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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