Waitaha Penguin

Summary

Waitaha Penguin is a fossil taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Waitaha Penguin's instance of is recorded as fossil taxon^[3].
• Waitaha Penguin's taxon rank is recorded as species^[4].
• Waitaha Penguin's parent taxon is recorded as Megadyptes^[5].
• Waitaha Penguin's endemic to is recorded as New Zealand^[6].
• Waitaha Penguin's taxon name is recorded as Megadyptes waitaha^[7].
• Waitaha Penguin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04_159b^[8].
• Waitaha Penguin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 577682^[9].
• Waitaha Penguin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 47444213^[10].
• Waitaha Penguin's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 173580^[11].
• Waitaha Penguin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8553313^[12].
• Waitaha Penguin's New Zealand Organisms Register ID is recorded as 7a503a9f-390c-4436-b89c-ca5b3bac70e1^[13].
• Waitaha Penguin's UMLS CUI is recorded as C2661119^[14].
• Waitaha Penguin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 631771^[15].
• Waitaha Penguin's New Zealand Birds Online ID is recorded as waitaha-penguin^[16].
• Waitaha Penguin's Open Tree of Life ID is recorded as 917663^[17].
• Waitaha Penguin's NZTCS conservation status is recorded as extinct^[18].
• Waitaha Penguin's NZTCS ID is recorded as 31846^[19].

Why It Matters

Waitaha Penguin ranks in the top 4% of fossil_taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[20] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[21]