Royal Penguin
Eudyptes schlegeliFinsch, FHO, 1876
English (US) Royal Penguin
The Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) 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: breeds on coastal slopes of Macquarie and nearby Bishop and Clerk islands (southeast of Australia); winters mostly near colonies, with juveniles ranging fartherRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eudyptes schlegeli
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Royal Penguin
- Described by
- Finsch, FHO, 1876
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Finsch, FHO, 1876
- Type locality
- Macquarie Island.
- Original description
- Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 8 p.204
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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