Adult in the New Island (Falkland Islands) rookery
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Sphenisciformes
Family:
Spheniscidae
Genus:
Eudyptes
Species:
E. chrysocome
Binomial name
Eudyptes chrysocome
(Forster, JR, 1781)
Subspecies
See text:
E. c. chrysocome – Western
E. c. filholi – Eastern
Distribution map rockhopper penguins Green: western subspecies, blue: eastern subspecies
Synonyms
Aptenodytes chrysocome J.R.Forster, 1781
Aptenodytes crestata J.F. Miller, 1784
Eudyptes crestatus (J.F. Miller, 1784)
The southern rockhopper penguin[3] (Eudyptes chrysocome) is a species of rockhopper penguin, that is sometimes considered distinct from the northern rockhopper penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as around the southern coasts of South America.
^"Fossilworks: Eudyptes chrysocome".
^BirdLife International (2020). "Eudyptes chrysocome". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22735250A182762377. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22735250A182762377.en. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
^English name updates – IOC Version 2.9 (July 10, 2011) Archived November 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, IOC World Bird List
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