Birds of the World

    SPHENISCIFORMES: Spheniscidae (Penguins)  
Genus: Eudyptes (7 species)


Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) Vulnerable
Range: AO, SA: s Chile is. and Cape Horn to Falkland Is., subantarctic Indian Ocean and New Zealand is.
West Point Island, Falkland Islands  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Macaroni Penguin
Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) Vulnerable
Range: SO: subantarctic islands of w South Atlantic to e South Indian Ocean: Antarctic Pen. and Falkland Is. to Kerguelen and Heard is.
 
   
Photograph by Pablo Caceres Contreras     Copyright and usage info


Northern Rockhopper Penguin
Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) Endangered
Range: AO, IO: Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc South Atlantic Ocean), St. Paul and Amsterdam is. (sc Indian Ocean)
Boston Aquarium, USA  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Larger than the other Rockhopper penguins, and with longer crest feathers. Best identified by location, as ranges don't overlap.

Fiordland Penguin
Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) Near Threatened
Range: AU: sw South, w, s Stewart, and satellites (New Zealand)
Stewart Island, New Zealand  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Snares Penguin
Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus) Vulnerable
Range: AU: Snares I. (s of South I., New Zealand)
The Snares, New Zealand  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Royal Penguin
Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)
Range: AU: subantarctic islands of w South Pacific: Macquarie and nearby Bishop and Clerk is. (far se of Australia)
Macquarie Island, Australia  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.


Erect-crested Penguin
Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) Endangered
Range: AU: Bounty (e of Stewart I.) and Antipodes is. (se of Stewart I.; New Zealand)
Antipodes Island, New Zealand  
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.



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