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Pygoscelis antarcticus (chinstrap penguin)
Taxonomy
Aptenodytes antarctica was named by Forster (1781). It is extant.
It was recombined as Pygoscelis antarctica by Del Valle et al. (2002); it was recombined as Pygoscelis antarcticus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
It was recombined as Pygoscelis antarctica by Del Valle et al. (2002); it was recombined as Pygoscelis antarcticus by del Hoyo et al. (2014) and Clements et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1781 | Aptenodytes antarctica Forster |
| 2002 | Pygoscelis antarctica Del Valle et al. |
| 2014 | Pygoscelis antarcticus del Hoyo et al. |
| 2017 | Pygoscelis antarcticus Clements et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Pygoscelis antarcticus Forster 1781 [chinstrap penguin]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Benton 1983, Marsh 1875, Bush and Bambach 2015 | |||||