Wikibooks: Dichotomous Key/Spheniscidae

• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Dichotomous_Key/Spheniscidae

=Key to Spheniscidae= [[1]] Yellow crest present on head. [[2]] Yellow crest absent. =1= [[3]] Solid yellow stripe runs toward bill almost touching it. [[4]] Solid yellow stripe does not approach bill. =2= [[7]] Head and/or neck is partially yellow. [[8]] No yellow is present on head or neck. =3= Some or all of head is white. [[6]] Head is entirely black. =4= Part or all of head is white. [[5]] Head is entirely black. =5= When dry some of crest is pointed well above the horizontal. All of crest is more or less horizontal or below. =6= [[14]] Penguins of New Zealand and surrounding islands [[15]] Penguins of the southern regions of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. =7= 80 centimeters or less in length. [[9]] Length is over 80 centimeters. =8= Face is white with a single thin black stripe resembling a chin strap. [[10]] Face is alternating black and white but not white with a single thin black stripe. =9= Head and neck only slightly yellow Height is over 100 centimeters. Head and neck have bright orange yellow spots Length is less than 100 centimeters. =10= [[11]] Beak has spots of orange or red. [[12]] Beak is black white and/or gray =11= Head completely black except for small white ring around eyes. [[13]] White coloration present above and/or around eyes. =12= unfinished ?Eudyptula albosignata? White flippered Penguin? subsp of E. minor? Eudyptula minor Little Blue Penguin Spheniscus demersus African Penguin Spheniscus humboldti Humboldt Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus Galapagos Penguin =13= Head black except for white splotch above eye 75 90 centimeters in length Birds of Antarctica. Head various coloration but usually with a white stripe going from the edge of the eye and curving back around to the chin 50 centimeters in length Birds of the Galapagos Islands. =14= Pink skin absent at base of bill Usually with whitish stripes on cheeks. Pink skin present at base of bill No stripes on cheeks. =15= unfinished BookCat