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Southern rockhopper penguin, Eudyptes (chrysocome) chrysocome, New Island, Falkland Islands. The rockhopper penguins are three closely related taxa of crested penguins that have been traditionally treated as a single species and are sometimes split into three species. Not all experts agree on the classification of these penguins.
Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) displaying its distinctive crestThis is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin in the genus Eudyptes.It reaches a length of 45–58 cm (18–23 in) and typically weighs 2–3.4 kg (4.4–7.5 lb), although there are records of exceptionally large rockhoppers weighing 4.5 kg (9.9 lb). [13]
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Southern rockhopper penguin: Eudyptes chrysocome: 2 460 000 [21] VU [21] [21] Only mature individuals were included in the count (1.23 million pairs); population has declined 34% in the past 37 years. [21] Magellanic penguin: Spheniscus magellanicus: 2 600 000 [22] LC [22] [22] Only mature individuals were included in the count (1.3 million ...
Chinstrap penguin. Penguins are birds in the family Spheniscidae in the monotypic order Sphenisciformes. [1] They inhabit high-productivity marine habitats, almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere; the only species to occur north of the Equator is the Galapagos penguin.
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The rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) was split into three distinct subspecies in 1992; the southern, (E. c. chrysocome), eastern (E. c. filholi) and northern rockhopper penguin (E. c. moseleyi). The three subspecies are distinguished by differences in the length of the tassels of the crests, the size and colour of the fleshy margin of ...