Genus: Fukuipteryx IMAI, AZUMA, KAWABE, SHIBATA, MIYATA, WANG, & ZHOU, 2019
Etymology: In reference to Fukui Prefecture in central Japan, where the specimen was collected, and Latin, pteryx, "wing."

Species: prima IMAI, AZUMA, KAWABE, SHIBATA, MIYATA, WANG, & ZHOU, 2019
Etymology: Latin, prima, "primative": as the species exhibits several primitive morphological features among fossil birds.

Holotype: FPDM-V-9769

Locality: Kitadani Locality (Dinosaur Quarry), on the Sugiyama River, northern part of the city of Katsuyama, 36°7’N, 136°33’E, Fukui Prefecture, Honshu Island, Japan.

Horizon: Kitadani Formation, Akaiwa subgroup, Tetori Group.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Barremian Stage, Lower Gallic Subepoch, Lower Early Cretaceous Epoch, Early Cretaceous.

Material: A disarticulated but closely associated skeleton: right surangular, 2 cervicals, 4 dorsals including two nearly complete ones, an isolated centrum, and incomplete vertebral arch, incomplete synacrum composed of 2 sacrals, 5 caudals, pygostyle, several dorsal ribs, incomplete furcula, incomplete left and right coracoids, incomplete right ilium, forelimbs including left humerus, incomplete left and complete right ulna, complete left and incomplete right radius, right major metacapal, left minor metacarpal, left alular digit I, left major digits II and III, minor digits III and IV, and hindlimbs including left and right femur, left and right incomplete tibia, and variably preserved metatarsals II (left), III (incomplete left), and IV (complete left and incomplete right).