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Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F.Miller, 1778

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Miller, John F. 1778. Icones animalium et plantarum: Various subjects of natural history, wherein are delineated birds, animals, and many curious plants. London: pt.4: pls.19-24.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Aves
order
Sphenisciformes
family
Spheniscidae
genus
Aptenodytes
species
Aptenodytes patagonicus

Name

Synonyms
Aptenodytes longirostris Scopoli, 1777
Homonyms
Aptenodytes patagonicus J.F.Miller, 1778
Common names
King Penguin in English
King Penguin in English
King Penguin in English
King Penguin in English
King Penguin in language.
King Penguin in English
King Penguin in English
King Penguin in English
King Penguin in English
Kongepingvin in Norwegian
Kongepingvin in Danish
Koningpikkewyn in Afrikaans
Koningspinguïn in Dutch
Koningspinguïn in language.
Königspinguin in German
Königspinguin in German
Königspinguin in language.
Manchot royal in French
Manchot royal in language.
Manchot royal in French
Pinguino re in Italian
Pingüino rey in Spanish
karališkasis pingvinas in Lithuanian
king penguin in language.
king penguin in English
king penguin in English
királypingvin in Hungarian
kungspingvin in Swedish
kuningaspingviini in Finnish
kuningpingviin in Estonian
pinguim-rei in Portuguese
pinguim-rei in Portuguese
pingwin królewski in Polish
pingüí reial in Catalan–Valencian
tučniak veľký in Slovak
tučňák patagonský in Czech
Королевский пингвин in Russian
オウサマペンギン in Japanese
國王企鵝 in Chinese
王企鹅 in Chinese
King Penguin in English
kongepingvin in Norwegian Bokmål
Königspinguin in German
Manchot royal in French
Pingüino rey in Spanish
king penguin in English
koningspinguïn in Dutch
manchot royal in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
  2. Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright, 2006: null. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259.
  3. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Direction 43 Addition to the Official List of Specific Names in Zoology (a) of the specific names of the type species of seventy three genera in the class Aves, the names of which were placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936 and (B) of twelve specific names which are currently regarded as senior Subjective synonyms of such names.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D(D.7), 171-210 (1956)
  4. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  5. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  6. Phillips, L.M., R.I. Leihy & S.L. Chown. (2022). Improving species‐based area protection in Antarctica. <em>Conservation Biology.</em> 36(4): e13885.Aug 2022. 10.1111/cobi.13885
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