Eudyptes Robustus Bird

English Name:  Snares Penguin
Latin Name:  Eudyptes robustus
Protonym:  Eudyptes robustus Emu 53 p.187
Taxonomy:  Sphenisciformes / Spheniscidae / Eudyptes
Taxonomy Code:  snapen1
Type Locality:  Snares Islands.
Author:  Oliver
Publish Year:  1953
IUCN Status:  Vulnerable

DEFINITIONS

EUDYPTES
(Spheniscidae; Ϯ Rockhopper Penguin E. chrysocome) Gr. ευ eu  fine; δυτης dutēs  diver  < δυω duō  to dive; "272. Gorfou, Endyptes.  Aptenodytes, Linn. Gm. Lath.  Bec droit à la base, comprimé, sillonné obliquement; mandibule supérieure crochue; l'inférieure arrondie ou tronquée à la pointe. 2 sections.  Esp. Manchot des Hottentots. — Sauteur, Buff.  ....  Eudyptes  [ευ, bene, δυπτης, urinator]" (Vieillot 1816); "Eudyptes Vieillot, Analyse, 1816, p. 67, 70. Type, by subsequent designation, Catarrhactes chrysocome auct. = Aptenodytes crestata J. F. Miller." (Peters, 1931, I, p. 31); "Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, pp. 67, 70. Type, by subsequent designation (G. R. Gray, 1840, List Gen. Birds, p. 77), Aptenodytes chrysocome Forster." (Falla & Mougin in Peters, 1979, I, 2nd. ed., p. 126).   
Var. Endyptes (original spelling).   
Synon. Catadyptes, Cataractes, Catarractes, Catarrhactes, Chrysocoma, Geopega, Microdyptes, Tasidyptes.

robustus
L. robustus  powerful, strong, robust  < robur, roboris  hardwood.
● ex “Robust Parrot” of Latham 1781 (Poicephalus).