Macaroni Penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus - Gorfou doré

Gorfou doré
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Sphenisciformes

  • Family
    :

    Sphéniscidés

  • Genus
    :

    Eudyptes

  • Species
    :

    chrysolophus

Descriptor

Brandt, JF, 1837

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 75 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 4500 à 7000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gorfou doré
adult plum. breeding
Gorfou doré
juvenile

Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Gorfou doré,
  • Pingüino de macarrones,
  • pinguim-macaroni,
  • Goldschopfpinguin,
  • bóbitás pingvin,
  • Macaronipinguïn,
  • Pinguino macaroni,
  • macaronipingvin,
  • Gulltoppingvin,
  • tučniak vlasatý,
  • tučňák žlutorohý,
  • Guldlokket Pingvin,
  • kultatöyhtöpingviini,
  • Macaronipikkewyn (Suidelike Langkuifpikkewyn),
  • pingüí de cresta daurada,
  • pingwin złotoczuby,
  • Золотоволосый пингвин,
  • マカロニペンギン,
  • 长眉企鹅,
  • macaronipingvin,
  • 冠企鵝,

Habitat

Gorfou doré

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

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

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