Snares Penguin / Eudyptes robustus
WBN 
Snares Penguin
SCI Name:
Protonym: Eudyptes robustus Emu 53 p.187
Taxonomy: Sphenisciformes / Spheniscidae / Eudyptes
Taxonomy Code: snapen1
Type Locality: Snares Islands.
Author: Oliver
Publish Year: 1953
IUCN Status: Vulnerable
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.
robustus
L. robustus powerful, strong, robust < robur, roboris hardwood.
● ex “Robust Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Poicephalus).
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)
