Eudyptes chrysocome Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, Rockhopper, Victoria Penguin, Drooping-Crested Penguin, Tufted Penguin, Crested Penguin, Jackass Penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome is commonly referred to as Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, Rockhopper, Victoria Penguin, Drooping-Crested Penguin, Tufted Penguin, Crested Penguin, Jackass Penguin. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

14006 

AphiaID:

212657 

Scientific:

Eudyptes chrysocome 

German:

Felsenpinguin 

English:

Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin, Rockhopper, Victoria Penguin, Drooping-Crested Penguin, Tufted Penguin, Crested Penguin, Jackass Penguin 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Eudyptes (Genus) > chrysocome (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Forster, ), 1781 

Occurrence:

Amsterdam Island, Antarctica, Argentina, Ascencion, St. Helena & Tristan da Cunha, Bass Strait, Chile, Crozet Islands, French Southern Territories, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Kerguelen Islands, Macquarie Island, New Zealand, Prince Edward Islands, Saint Peter and Saint Paul Archipelago, South Australia, Southern Indian Ocean, the Falkland Islands, Victoria (Australia) 

Sea depth:

0 - 109 Meter 

Size:

up to 21.65" (55 cm) 

Weight:

2.8 kg 

Temperature:

-1,8 °F - 69.8 °F (-1,8°C - 21°C) 

Food:

Amphipods, Carnivore, Copepods, Crabs, Crustaceans, Fish (little fishes), Isopods, Krill, Sepia 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Eudyptes chrysocome
  Felsenpinguin
• Eudyptes chrysolophus
• Eudyptes filholi
• Eudyptes moseleyi
• Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
• Eudyptes robustus
• Eudyptes schlegeli
• Eudyptes sclateri

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2021-07-16 21:44:36 

Last edit:

2022-01-14 22:51:39 

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