Chatham Islands Penguin

Taxobox
name = Chatham Islands Penguin
status = see text
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Sphenisciformes
familia = Spheniscidae
genus = "Eudyptes"
binomial = "Eudyptes" sp.The Chatham Islands Penguin ("Eudyptes" sp.) was a species of penguin. It is known only from subfossil bones, but may have come extinct [ [http://www.doc.govt.nz/templates/page.aspx?id=33327 Animals of the Chatham Islands: Native animals ] ] as recently as the late 19th century as a bird kept captive at some time between 1867 and 1872 [http://www.notornis.org.nz/free_issues/Notornis_41-1994/Notornis_41_sup_165.pdf] might refer to this taxon. It appears to have been a distinct species, with a thin, slim and low bill.

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