Fiordland Penguin / Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Fiordland Penguin
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Voy.ErebusTerror 1 Birds p.17
Taxonomy: Sphenisciformes / Spheniscidae / Eudyptes
Taxonomy Code: fiopen1
Type Locality: Waikowaiti, South Island, New Zealand.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1845
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
EUDYPTES
(Spheniscidae; Ϯ Rockhopper Penguin E. chrysocome) Gr. ευ eu fine; δυτης dutēs diver < δυω duō to dive; "272. Gorfou, Endyptes. Aptenodytes, Linn. Gm. Lath. Bec droit à la base, comprimé, sillonné obliquement; mandibule supérieure crochue; l'inférieure arrondie ou tronquée à la pointe. 2 sections. Esp. Manchot des Hottentots. — Sauteur, Buff. .... Eudyptes [ευ, bene, δυπτης, urinator]" (Vieillot 1816); "Eudyptes Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 67, 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Catarrhactes chrysocome auct. = Aptenodytes crestata J. F. Miller." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 31); "Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, pp. 67, 70. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 77), Aptenodytes chrysocome Forster." (Falla & Mougin in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd. ed., p. 126).
Var. Endyptes (original spelling).
Synon. Catadyptes, Cataractes, Catarractes, Catarrhactes, Chrysocoma, Geopega, Microdyptes, Tasidyptes.
pachyrhynchus
Gr. παχυς pakhus large, thick, stout; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill.
Pachyrhynchus
Gr. παχυς pakhus large, thick, stout; ῥυγχος rhunkhos bill (see Pachyramphus).
• (Tityridae; syn. Pachyramphus † White-winged Becard P. polychopterus nigriventris) "GENUS 1. PACHYRHYNCHUS. Muscicapas inter, Lanios Fringillasque intermedius, solitarie ac tranquille arboribus minus altis insidens, insectis victitans; capite crasso; rostro vix brevi, crasso, alto, rotundato-convexo, ad frontem largo, apice dentato, vibrissis mastacalibus raris; lingua apice fissa; digito laterali externo basi connato. ... SPECIES 1. PACHYRHYNCHUS VARIEGATUS. ... SPECIES 2. PACHYRHYNCHUS CAJANUS. ... SPECIES 3. PACHYRHYNCHUS SEMIFASCIATUS. ... SPECIES 4. PACHYRHYNCHUS CUVIERI. ... SPECIES 5. PACHYRHYNCHUS NIGER. ... SPECIES 6. PACHYRHYNCHUS CINERASCENS. ... SPECIES 7. PACHYRHYNCHUS RUFESCENS." (von Spix 1825); "Pachyrhynchus von Spix, 1825, Avium Species Novae Brasiliam, II, p. 31. Type by subsequent designation (Swainson, 1829, Zoological Illustrations, series 2, I, text to pl. 41), Psaris niger Swainson, i.e. Pachyrhynchus niger von Spix, 1825 (not Lanius niger Gmelin, 1788) = Pachyrhamphus nigriventris P. Sclater, 1857." (JAJ 2021).
• (Tityridae; syn. Tityra † Western Black-tailed Tityra T. cayana) "Pachyrhynchus melanocephalus, Wagler. Schwarzköpfiger Dickschnabel. ... Schnabel. Stark, gerade, an der Wurzel breit, gegen der Spitze zu keilförmig, etwas konisch, an der Seiten wulstig, an der Spitze abwärts gebogen, gezahnt. ... (Diese Gattung ist mit der von Tyrannus Cuvier sehr verwandt.)" (Wagler in Hahn 1822); "Pachyrhynchus WAGLER in HAHN, Vögel aus Asien, Afrika, etc., livr. 13, pl. 6, 1822—type by monotypy Pachyrhynchus melanocephalus WAGLER = Lanius cayanus LINNAEUS." (Hellmayr, 1929, Cat. Birds Americas, Pt. VI, p. 204).
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)