Fairy Penguin - Eudyptula minor

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Eudyptula minor
Author (J. R. Forster, 1781)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 174460
Common Names English: Little Penguin, Fairy Penguin
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Sphenisciformes
          Family: Spheniscidae
            Genus: Eudyptula
Taxonomic Children Subspecies: Eudyptula minor albosignata
Subspecies: Eudyptula minor chathamensis
Subspecies: Eudyptula minor iredalei
Subspecies: Eudyptula minor minor
Subspecies: Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae
Subspecies: Eudyptula minor variabilis
Synonyms (since 1950)
Taxonomic data is courtesy of the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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ITIS#174460
StatusIUCN:LC
#records1,824
#datasets2
Years1885 - 2009
Latitudes-43.52 - -32.02
Longitudes114.83 - 172.73