Ridgen's_penguin

<i>Aptenodytes ridgeni</i>

Aptenodytes ridgeni

Extinct species of bird

Aptenodytes ridgeni, also referred to as Ridgen's penguin, is an extinct species of penguin from the Pliocene of New Zealand.[1] It was intermediate in size between its living congeners, standing an estimated 90–100 cm tall. The remains were first found in 1968 on a Canterbury region beach by 11-year-old schoolboy Alan Ridgen.[2]

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Map showing the location of Ridgen's penguin finds (purple), together with current ranges of emperor penguins (green) and king penguins (red and orange). Breeding colonies are light blue.

References

  1. [1]
    Gill, B.J. (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (Fourth ed.). Wellington: Te PaPa Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
  2. [2]
    Gill, Brian James (1991). New Zealand's extinct birds. Random Century. p. 25. ISBN 1-86941-125-0.


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