White-flippered Penguin
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| White-flippered Penguin | |
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| White-flippered Penguin | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Eudyptula |
| Species: | E. minor |
| Subspecies: | E. m. albosignata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Eudyptula minor albosignata Finsch, 1874 |
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The White-Flippered Penguin (Eudyptula minor albosignata) is a subspecies of the Little Penguin. Their name comes from the unique white edges on their flippers (wings).[2]
References [change]
- ↑ "Species Profile for White-flippered Penguin". U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. http://ecos.fws.gov/speciesProfile/profile/speciesProfile.action?spcode=B0FK. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ↑ "White-flippered Penguin". White-flippered Penguin Trust. http://www.penguin.org.nz/white-flippered-penquin.html. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
