Macaroni Penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus - Gorfou doré

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Sphenisciformes

  • Family
    :

    Sphéniscidés

  • Genus
    :

    Eudyptes

  • Species
    :

    chrysolophus

Descriptor

Brandt, JF, 1837

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 75 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 4500 à 7000 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gorfou doré
adult plum. breeding
Gorfou doré
juvenile

Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Gorfou doré,
  • Pingüino de macarrones,
  • pinguim-macaroni,
  • Goldschopfpinguin,
  • bóbitás pingvin,
  • Macaronipinguïn,
  • Pinguino macaroni,
  • macaronipingvin,
  • Gulltoppingvin,
  • tučniak vlasatý,
  • tučňák žlutorohý,
  • Guldlokket Pingvin,
  • kultatöyhtöpingviini,
  • Macaronipikkewyn (Suidelike Langkuifpikkewyn),
  • pingüí de cresta daurada,
  • pingwin złotoczuby,
  • Золотоволосый пингвин,
  • マカロニペンギン,
  • 长眉企鹅,
  • 冠企鵝,

Habitat

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Gorfou doré
published: - Updated: 10-06-2020
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