BirdUp · Species
Royal Penguin
Eudyptes schlegeliFinsch, 1876
Endemic
- Order
- SPHENISCIFORMES
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Eudyptes
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The royal penguin is a species of penguin, which can be found only on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and adjacent islands. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the royal penguin as Least Concern. The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Hermann Schlegel.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Subantarctic islands of west South Pacific: Macquarie and nearby Bishop and Clerk is. (far south-east of Australia)
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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