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Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome

Classification

Class
Aves

The western rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) is a species of rockhopper penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters around the southern coast of South America and nearby islands. The western rockhopper penguin was formerly considered to be conspecific with the eastern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes filholi) of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, with the combined species then known as southern rockhopper penguin.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 1,925Argentina · 311Chile · 197France · 39United States of America · 1