Royal Penguin

Eudyptes schlegeli - Gorfou de Schlegel

Gorfou de Schlegel
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Sphenisciformes

  • Family
    :

    Sphéniscidés

  • Genus
    :

    Eudyptes

  • Species
    :

    schlegeli

Descriptor

Finsch, 1876

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 76 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 3000 à 8100 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Gorfou de Schlegel
adult
Gorfou de Schlegel
adult

Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) is a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Gorfou de Schlegel,
  • Pingüino de Schlegel,
  • pinguim-real,
  • Haubenpinguin,
  • Royal-pingvin,
  • Schlegels Pinguïn,
  • Pinguino reale,
  • vitkindad pingvin,
  • Hvitkinnpingvin,
  • tučniak bielolíci,
  • tučňák královský,
  • Hvidkindet Pingvin,
  • macquarienpingviini,
  • pingüí de Schlegel,
  • pingwin krótkoczuby,
  • Пингвин Шлегеля,
  • ロイヤルペンギン,
  • 白颊黄眉企鹅,
  • 皇家企鵝,

Voice song and cries

Gorfou de Schlegel
adult

Habitat

Grassland : Subantarctic ; 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)

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

Illustration

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