Eudyptes warhami
Appearance
Chatham penguin | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Genus: | Eudyptes |
Species: | †E. chathamensis
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Binomial name | |
†Eudyptes chathamensis |
The Chatham penguin ("Eudyptes chathamensis")[1] was a species of penguin, now extinct.[2] It is known only from subfossil bones, but may have become extinct[3] as recently as the late 19th century as a bird kept captive at some time between 1867 and 1872[4] might refer to this taxon. It appears to have been a distinct species, with a thin, slim and low bill. As of 2018, the species had not been formally described.
References
- ^ Thiebot et al., 2013, p.2
- ^ 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 Archived February 28, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, 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.
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