Macaroni Penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus(Brandt, JF, 1837)
English (US) Macaroni Penguin
The Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Spheniscidae (Penguins) in the order Sphenisciformes.
Range: subantarctic islands in South Atlantic Ocean and southern Indian OceanRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eudyptes chrysolophus
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Macaroni Penguin
- Described by
- (Brandt, JF, 1837)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Catarhactes chrysolophus
- Described by
- (Brandt, JF, 1837)
- Type locality
- Falkland Islands.
- Original description
- Bulletin Scientifique publié par l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Pétersbourg 2 col.315
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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