Little Penguin Eudyptula minor Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (27)
- Subspecies (6)
Isabel Martínez, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, and Ernest Garcia
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 22, 2013
Text last updated May 22, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinpikkewyn |
| Bulgarian | Малък пингвин |
| Catalan | pingüí petit |
| Croatian | patuljasti pingvin |
| Czech | tučňák nejmenší |
| Dutch | Dwergpinguïn |
| English | Little Penguin |
| English (United States) | Little Penguin |
| Finnish | sinipingviini |
| French | Manchot pygmée |
| French (France) | Manchot pygmée |
| German | Zwergpinguin |
| Icelandic | Dvergmörgæs |
| Japanese | コビトペンギン |
| Norwegian | dvergpingvin |
| Polish | pingwin mały |
| Russian | Малый пингвин |
| Serbian | Mali pingvin |
| Slovak | tučniak malý |
| Slovenian | Pritlikavi pingvin |
| Spanish | Pingüino Enano |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pingüino Azul |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pingüino azul |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pingüino enano |
| Swedish | dvärgpingvin |
| Turkish | Küçük Penguen |
| Ukrainian | Пінгвін малий |
Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Aptenodytes minor
Forster, 1781. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 3(1780), p.135,147.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Dusky Sound, South Island, New Zealand.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- EUDYPTULA
- minor
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: 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)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Little Penguin
