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 | |
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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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