Rockhopper Penguin Conservation status: Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Eudyptes Species: E. chrysocome
Binomial name
Eudyptes chrysocome Forster,, 1781

The Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) is a species of penguin closely related to the Macaroni Penguin. Download high resolution version (945x619, 36 KB)Rockhopper penguin from de wikipedia Uploaded by de user Webpinguin Taken by M. Zibelius, Zoo Edinburgh File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Subregnum Bilateria  Acoelomorpha  Orthonectida  Rhombozoa  Myxozoa  Superphylum Deuterostomia     Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascideiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders Many - see section below. ... This article is about penguin birds. ... This article is about penguin birds. ... Species Eudyptes chrysocome Eudyptes chrysolophus Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Eudyptes robustus Eudyptes schlegeli Eudyptes sclateri The genus Eudyptes (good diver) contains six species of penguins collectively known as The Crested Penguins. Classification ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES Family Spheniscidae Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Snares Penguin, Eudyptes robustus Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... Johann Reinhold Forster (October 22, 1729 - December 9, 1798) was a Polish born naturalist of German descent. ... In biology, a species is, loosely speaking, a group of related organisms that share a more or less distinctive form and are capable of interbreeding. ... Genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are an order of flightless birds living in the southern hemisphere. ... Binomial name Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) The Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of penguin closely related to the Rockhopper Penguin. ...

This is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin, reaching a length of 55cm. It has slate-grey upperparts and a straight, bright yellow eyebrow ending in long yellowish plumes projecting sideways behind a red eye. It breeds in colonies, from sea-level to cliff-tops, and sometimes inland. It feeds on krill, squid, octopus, fish and crustaceans. CM or cm may stand for: Cameroon (ISO country code) centimetre (cm) Championship Manager - an association football computer game circular mil - a USA unit for the cross-sectional area of electrical wires (always CM, in capitals) Computer Modern - the standard font set that ships with the TeX computer typesetting system... Families Euphausiidae Bentheuphausiidae Krill are shrimp-like marine invertebrate animals. ... Suborders Myopsina Oegopsina Squids are the large, diverse group of marine mollusks, popular as food in cuisines as widely separated as the Korean and the Italian. ... Families 14 in two suborders, see text. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... Classes Branchiopoda Cephalocarida Malacostraca Maxillopoda Ostracoda Remipedia The crustaceans (Crustacea) are a large group of arthropods (55,000 species), usually treated as a subphylum. ...

The Rockhopper Penguin has a population of about 3.5 million pairs. The nominate race chrysocome breeds on the Falkland Islands, and on islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The subspecies moseleyi breeds on islands in Tristan da Cunha, and Amsterdam and St Paul Islands. The subspecies filholi breeds on the Prince Edward Islands, the Crozet Islands, the Kerguelen Islands, Heard Island, Macquarie Island, and Campbell, New Zealand and Antipodes Islands. Tristan da Cunha is a remote island in the south Atlantic Ocean, at latitude 37. ... Île Amsterdam is a sub-Antarctic island discovered by Juan Sebastián de Elcano on March 18, 1522. ... ÃŽle Saint-Paul is a very small island in the French Southern Territories about 85 km (53 mi) south of its larger counterpart ÃŽle Amsterdam. ... hello The Prince Edwards Islands are two small islands in the sub-antarctic Indian Ocean that are politically part of South Africa. ... Orthographic projection centred over the Iles Crozet The Crozet Islands (French ÃŽles Crozet) are a sub-antarctic archipelago of small islands in the southern Indian Ocean, part of the French Southern Territories. ... Kerguelen Islands The Kerguelen Archipelago is in the southern Indian Ocean at 49°20′ S 70°20′ E. The main island, Grande Terre, originally called Desolation Island, is 6,675 km2 and it is surrounded by another 300 smaller islands and islets, forming an archipelago of 7,215 km². ... Heard Island, from NASA World Wind Heard Island and the McDonald Islands are uninhabited, barren islands located in the Southern Ocean at 53°6S, 72°31E, about two-thirds of the way from Madagascar to Antarctica. ... Macquarie Island is located in the Southern Ocean, about halfway between Australia and Antarctica. ... Campbell Island is the southernmost part of New Zealand. ... The Antipodes Islands are an inhospitable uninhabited island group to the south of—and territorially part of—New Zealand. ...

The status of this species is vulnerable due to a fall of 24% in its population in the last thirty years.

As their name suggests, they spend their time hopping over rocks. When they were discovered the explorers were amused when they saw the penguins jumping all over the place. See also explorations, sea explorers, astronaut, conquistador, travelogue, the History of Science and Technology and Biography. ...

The scientific name for the Rockhopper penguin is sometimes given as Eudyptes crestatus.

Rockhopper Penguin in Edinburgh Zoo

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External links

• 70South: Info on Rockhopper Penguins
• Rockhopper Penguins from the International Penguin Conservation Web Site
• Rockhopper Penguins from Pete & Barb's Penguin Pages
• Falklands Conservation