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Northern Rockhopper Penguin

Eudyptes moseleyi

Classification

Class
Aves

The northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi), also known as Moseley's rockhopper penguin, Moseley's penguin, or Tristan penguin, is a penguin species native to the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It was formerly considered conspecific with the eastern and western rockhopper penguins. A study published in 2009 showed that the population of the northern rockhopper had declined by 90% since the 1950s.

Distribution

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