The types of four penguin taxa (Catarrhactes antipodes, C. adeliae, Eudyptes chrysolophus albigularis, E. serresiana) in the collections of the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris are reviewed critically. A lectotype is designated for Catarrhactes antipodes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841.
Aves, Spheniscidae, spécimens-types, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle.