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Western Rockhopper Penguin
Eudyptes chrysocome(Forster, JR, 1781)
VulnerableVagrant
- Order
- SPHENISCIFORMES
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Eudyptes
- Conservation
- Vulnerable
- Commonness
- Rare
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The western rockhopper penguin is a species of rockhopper penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters around the southern coast of South America and nearby islands.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- SA, AO : islands of south Chile including Cape Horn; Falkland Is.
- Non-breeding range
- To coastal north-central Argentina
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
4 photos
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