Royal Penguin
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Eudyptes Species: E. schlegeli
Binomial name
Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch, 1876

The Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) inhabits the waters surrounding Antarctica. Royals look very much like Macaroni Penguins, but have a white face and chin instead of the Macaronis' black visage. They are about 70 cm (28 in) long and weigh about 6 kg (13.2 lbs). Royal penguins breed only on Macquarie Island and, like other penguins, spend much of their time at sea, where they are assumed to be pelagic. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 499 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1379 × 1658 pixel, file size: 639 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Penguin Royal Penguin User:Hotspot User... The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive either in the present day or the future. ... Image File history File links Status_iucn3. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. ... Animalia redirects here. ... Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ... “Aves” redirects here. ... 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 seven 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 the formal method of naming species. ... Binomial name Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) The Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of penguin closely related to the Royal Penguin It is a black and white penguin with yellow and black plumes on the top of its head. ... Orthographic projection over Macquarie Island Macquarie Island lies in the Southern Ocean, about half-way between Australia and Antarctica. ... Modern genera Aptenodytes Eudyptes Eudyptula Megadyptes Pygoscelis Spheniscus For prehistoric genera, see Systematics Some penguins are curious. ... This is a scale diagram of the layers of the pelagic zone. ...

Royal Penguin rookery on Macquarie Island

There is some controversy over whether Royal penguins are a sub-species of Macaroni penguins. Individuals of the two groups have been known to interbreed, though this is a relatively rare occurrence. Indeed, other penguins have been known to form mixed-species pairs in the wild. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Orthographic projection over Macquarie Island Macquarie Island lies in the Southern Ocean, about half-way between Australia and Antarctica. ... In taxonomy, a subspecies is the taxon immediately subordinate to a species. ...

Royal Penguins nest on beaches or on bare areas on slopes covered with vegetation. Like most seabirds they are colonial, nesting in scrapes on the ground up to a mile inland. The breeding season begins in September with laying starting in October. Two eggs are incubated for 35 days, with each incubation stint lasting up to two weeks. After brooding the chick for three weeks, both parents forage at sea while the chicks form large creches. The chicks fledge after two months. Young adults usually return to the colony to breed after six years. The Sooty Tern is highly aerial and marine and will spend years flying at sea without returning to land. ... The Sooty Tern is highly aerial and marine and will spend years flying at sea without returning to land. ... The Crèche in zoology refers to care of anothers offspring, for instance in a colony. ... Fledge is the stage in a young birds life when the feathers and wing muscles are sufficiently developed for flight. ...

Royal Penguins are not considered threatened; historically they were harvested for their oil, between 1870 and 1919 the government of Tasmania issuing licences for hunting them, with an average 150,000 penguins (both Royal and King) being taken each year. Since the end of penguin hunting on Macquarie the numbers have climbed to 850,000 pairs. 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... Capital Hobart Government Constitutional monarchy Governor William Cox Premier Paul Lennon (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 5  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $16,114 (7th)  - Product per capita  $33,243/person (8th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  489,600 (6th)  - Density  7. ...

The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Hermann Schlegel. Hermann Schlegel. ...

Royal Penguins on Macquarie Island

Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3072 × 2304 pixel, file size: 2. ... Orthographic projection over Macquarie Island Macquarie Island lies in the Southern Ocean, about half-way between Australia and Antarctica. ...

References

• BirdLife International (2005). Eudyptes schlegeli. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 05 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used.

• del Hoyo,J., Elliot, A., Sargatal, J., eds (1992) Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume One Ostritch to Ducks, ISBN 84-87334-10-5

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ... The World Conservation Union or International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

External links

• ARKive - images and movies of the royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)
• Australian Antarctic Division: Unusual Penguins Contains picture of mixed species pairs and hybrid individual penguins.
• www.pinguins.info : information about all species of penguins