Erect-crested Penguin
Eudyptes sclateriBuller, WL, 1888
English (US) Erect-crested Penguin
The Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) 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 among rocks of Bounty and Antipodes islands (New Zealand); winters to waters of eastern South IslandRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eudyptes sclateri
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Erect-crested Penguin
- Described by
- Buller, WL, 1888
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Buller, WL, 1888
- Type locality
- Auckland Islands.
- Original description
- A history of the birds of New Zealand. 2nd ed. 2 p.289
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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