- Chatham Penguin
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Chatham Penguin Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Eudyptes Binomial name Eudyptes sp. The Chatham Penguin or Chatham Islands Penguin (Eudyptes chathamensis) was a species of penguin, now extinct.[1] It is known only from subfossil bones, but may have become extinct[2] as recently as the late 19th century as a bird kept captive at some time between 1867 and 1872[3] might refer to this taxon. It appears to have been a distinct species, with a thin, slim and low bill. As of 2009, the species has not been formally described.
File:Chatham Penguin.jpgThe Chatham Penguin.See also
References
- ^ Richard N. Holdaway, Trevor H. Worthy, Alan J. D. Tennyson (2001). A working list of breeding bird species of the New Zealand region at first human contact, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 28 119-187.
- ^ Animals of the Chatham Islands: Native animals
- ^ A.J.D. Tennyson and P.R. Millener (1994). Bird extinctions and fossil bones from Mangere Island, Chatham Islands, Notornis (Supplement) 41, 165–178.
Penguins (order: Sphenisciformes • family: Spheniscidae • subfamily: Spheniscinae) Genus Aptenodytes (great penguins) Pygoscelis (brush-tailed penguins) Eudyptula (little penguins) Little Penguin (or Little Blue Penguin) • White-flippered Penguin (or Northern Little Penguin)Spheniscus (banded penguins) Megadyptes Yellow-eyed Penguin • Waitaha Penguin (extinct)Eudyptes (crested penguins) Fiordland Penguin • Snares Penguin • Erect-crested Penguin • Southern Rockhopper Penguin • Northern Rockhopper Penguin • Royal Penguin • Macaroni Penguin • Chatham Islands Penguin (extinct)Categories:- Penguins
- Extinct flightless birds
- Extinct birds of New Zealand
- Birds of the Chatham Islands
- Eudyptes
- Bird extinctions since 1500
- Late Quaternary prehistoric birds
- Prehistoric bird stubs
- New Zealand stubs
- Bird stubs
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