King Penguin / Aptenodytes patagonicus
WBN 
King Penguin
SCI Name:
Protonym: Aptenodytes patagonica Icon.Anim. pt4 pl.23
Taxonomy: Sphenisciformes / Spheniscidae / Aptenodytes
Taxonomy Code: kinpen1
Type Locality: no locality; South Georgia designated by Mathews, 1911, Birds Australia, 1, p. 274.
Author: Miller, JF
Publish Year: 1778
IUCN Status: Least Concern
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.
patagonica / patagonicus
Patagonia, Argentina. When Magellan wintered on the coast of Patagonia in 1520 he traded with Amerindians, probably the Tehuelche who wore animal skins on their feet, whom he called Patagones big-footed, the name gradually attaching itself to the area.
● Antarctic Sea = South Georgia; ex “Patagonian Pinguin” of Pennant 1768 (Aptenodytes).
● Tierra del Fuego; ex “Patagonian Warbler” of Latham 1783 (Cinclodes).
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)
