Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Determination of Threatened Status for Five Penguin Species
endangered-species · US Fish and Wildlife Service · Published 2010-08-03 · Effective 2010-09-02 · 75 FR 45497
Document
Document number
2010-18884
Federal Register citation
75 FR 45497
CFR reference
50 CFR 17
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
endangered-species
Sub-agency
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Publication date
2010-08-03
Effective date
2010-09-02
Interior docket
Docket No. FWS-R9-IA-2008-0118
Abstract
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine threatened status for five penguins: The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes), white-flippered penguin (Eudyptula minor albosignata), Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti), and erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act).