Erect-crested penguin

The erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) (Māori: Tawaki nana hī) is a penguin endemic to the New Zealand region and only breeds on the Bounty and Antipodes Islands. It has black upper parts, white underparts and a yellow eye stripe and crest. It spends the winter at sea and little is known about its biology and breeding habits. Populations are believed to have declined during the last few decades of the twentieth century, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed it as being "endangered".

Erect-crested penguin
On the Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Eudyptes
Species:
E. sclateri
Binomial name
Eudyptes sclateri
Buller, 1888
Distribution (nesting) of the erect-crested penguin
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