Erect-crested Penguin

Eudyptes sclateri - Gorfou huppé

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Sphenisciformes

  • Family
    :

    Sphéniscidés

  • Genus
    :

    Eudyptes

  • Species
    :

    sclateri

Descriptor

Buller, 1888

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 68 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 3300 à 7000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) is a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Gorfou huppé,
  • Pingüino de Sclater,
  • pinguim-de-penachos-levantados,
  • Sclaterpinguin,
  • koronás pingvin,
  • Grote Kuifpinguïn,
  • Pinguino crestato,
  • tofspingvin,
  • Hornpingvin,
  • tučniak štetinatý,
  • tučňák chocholatý,
  • Guldtoppet Pingvin,
  • pystytöyhtöpingviini,
  • pingüí de Sclater,
  • pingwin szczotkoczuby,
  • Большой хохлатый пингвин,
  • マユダチペンギン,
  • 翘眉企鹅,
  • 豎冠企鵝,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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