Eudyptes Totally Explained

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The genus Eudyptes ("good diver") contains six living species of penguins collectively known as crested penguins. A Chatham Islands species may have become extinct in the 19th century.

Classification

ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES

Family Spheniscidae
- Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
- Snares Penguin, Eudyptes robustus
- Erect-crested Penguin, Eudyptes sclateri
- (Southern) Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome
  - Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Indian & Pacific Ocean), Eudyptes chrysocome filholi
  - Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Atlantic Ocean), Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome
  - Northern Rockhopper Penguin or Mosely's Penguin, Eudyptes (chrysocome) moselyi
- Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli - possibly just a morph of E. chrysolophus
- Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
- Chatham Islands Penguin, Eudyptes sp. (prehistoric?)

The Chatham Islands form is known only from subfossil bones, but may have gone extinct as late as 1872. It appears to have been a distinct species, with a thin, slim and low bill.

Species photographs

Photographs of adults of the extant (living) species are shown:
Image:RoyalPenguins2.JPG|Royal PenguinEudyptes schlegeli Image:Eudyptes chrysocome.jpg|Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome Image:Fiordland penguin (Mattern).jpg|Fiordland PenguinEudyptes pachyrhynchus Image:SnaresPenguin (Mattern).jpg|Snares PenguinEudyptes robustus Image:Macaroni_penguin.jpg|Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus

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