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Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
Eudyptes filholiHutton, FW, 1879
Also known asTawaki kaipiki toka
- Order
- SPHENISCIFORMES
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Eudyptes
At a glance
The Eastern Rockhopper Penguin is a large bird, about 45–58 cm long, listed as Vulnerable and native to Australia.
- Size
- 45–58 cm
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Origin
- Native
- Commonness
- Rare
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does an Eastern Rockhopper Penguin look like?
The Eastern Rockhopper Penguin is a large bird, about 45–58 cm long and weighing 2000–4500 g.
The eastern rockhopper penguin, also known as the tawaki kaipiki toka, is a crested penguin with yellow crest feathers. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the western rockhopper penguin with the name "southern rockhopper penguin" for the combined species. It is one of the smallest crested penguins and has distinctive pink margins around its bill. It breeds on islands in the Southern Indian and Pacific Oceans.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does an Eastern Rockhopper Penguin eat?
The Eastern Rockhopper Penguin feeds on mainly small crustaceans, cephalopods and and some small fish., usually foraging in pursuit diving.
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