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Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781) 
AphiaID: 225782

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
Sources  basis of record: 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]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Dutch Magelhaenpinguïn  [details]
English Magellanic penguin  [details]
French Manchot de Magellan  [details]
German Magellanpinguin  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
South America [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (43 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (119 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (164 nucleotides; 156 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding Category: Vagrant [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Vulnerable [details]
Images 
Magellanic penguin in its burrow
Magellanic penguin in its burrow
added on 2006-10-17 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:54:19

Spheniscus magellanicus
Spheniscus magellanicus
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:54:34

Spheniscus magellanicus
Spheniscus magellanicus
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:54:48

Spheniscus magellanicus
Spheniscus magellanicus
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:54:41

Spheniscus magellanicus
Spheniscus magellanicus
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-11-16 08:54:53
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225782
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-04-20 12:16:00Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225782 on 2013-05-26
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