Emperor Penguin
Emperor Penguin
Here the details of the Emperor Penguin named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aptenodytes forsteri Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(1), 13 p.315
Taxonomy: Sphenisciformes / Spheniscidae / Aptenodytes
Taxonomy Code: emppen1
Type Locality: no locality; antarctic seas, G. R. Gray, 1844, List Birds Brit. Mus., pt. 3, p. 156.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1844
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
APTENODYTES
(Spheniscidae; Ϯ King Penguin A. patagonicus) Gr. απτην aptēn, απτηνος aptēnos unwinged, wingless < negative prefix α- a- ; πτηνος ptēnos winged; δυτης dutēs diver < δυω duō to plunge; "TABULA XXIII. Fig. A. APTENODYTES patagonica. LIN. Syst. Nat. Classis I. Genus I. Spec. Habitat in Mari antarctico." (J. F. Miller 1778); "Aptenodytes J. F. Miller, Icon. Anim., 1778, pl. 23. Type, by monotypy, Aptenodytes patagonica Miller." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 29).
Var. Apteniodytes, Aptenodita, Aptenodites, Aptenodyta, Apterodita, Apterodytes.
Synon. Eriornis, Pinguinaria.
forsteri / forsterii / forsterorum
● Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798) German naturalist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his three-year voyage of discovery 1772-1775 (?syn. Aerodramus leucophaeus, syn. Chionis alba, ‡syn. Cyanoramphus zealandicus, syn. Ducula aurorae, syn. Ducula forsteni, syn. Ducula pacifica, syn. Gerygone flavolateralis, syn. Halobaena caerulea, syn. Hypotaenidia philippensis ecaudata, subsp. Larus novaehollandiae, syn. Pachyptila vittata, syn. Ptilinopus porphyraceus, Sterna, syn. Todiramphus sanctus vagans).
● Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798) and his son Johann Georg Adam Forster (1754-1794) German naturalist and artist respectively aboard Cook’s HMS Resolution voyage of discovery 1772-1775 (Aptenodytes, syn. Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus, syn. Macronectes giganteus, syn. Petroica macrocephala, syn. Ramphastos tucanus cuvieri (ex “Grand Toucan à gorge orange” of Levaillant 1806)).
● See: forsteni
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)