Rockhopper Penguin - Eudyptes chrysocome

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Scientific Name Eudyptes chrysocome
Author (J. R. Forster, 1781)
Taxonomic Rank Species
Taxonomic # 559996
Common Names English: Rockhopper Penguin
English: Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Current Standing valid
Taxonomic Parents Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Chordata
    Subphylum: Vertebrata
      Class: Aves
        Order: Sphenisciformes
          Family: Spheniscidae
            Genus: Eudyptes
Taxonomic Children
Synonyms (since 1950)

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Physical Description / Field Identification

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ITIS TSN559996
Status - ESA, U.S. FWS
    T (New Zealand-Australia, associated with the Campbell Plateau and Macquarie Island)
Status - Red List, IUCN
    VU (Global or one of the sub regions)
#records (spatial)193
#records (non-spatial)0
#datasets10
Year1928 - 2018
Latitude-56.31 - -33.78
Longitude-176.17 - 169.50
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