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Western Rockhopper Penguin

Eudyptes chrysocome
(Forster, JR, 1781)
Pingüino Penacho Amarillo
Pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo
Family: Spheniscidae
Order: Sphenisciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Vulnerable

Synonyms: Aptenodytes chrysocome, Eudyptes crestatus.


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Photography ID: 303610
  Adult
Puerto Deseado
Santa Cruz
Argentina
11/25/2018
Maria Victoria Di Stasio



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
105492023/12/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pinguino, Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla Pingüino100Julian Quillen Vidoz
86936118/12/2018ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla de los EstadosUlises Balza
85277025/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzPuerto DeseadoMaria Victoria Di Stasio
86085924/11/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pinguino, Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoMaría Del Carmen Fabeiro
70700801/02/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoElsa Longo
70322001/02/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoGuillermo Marcaida
69210224/01/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pinguino, Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoCarlos Hugo Amerio
68128311/01/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pinguino, Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoGuillermo Enrique Rost
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Bibliography related


Artículo Costa, M. y H. A. Mandado. 2019. Primer registro documentado para la Argentina continental del pingüino de penacho amarillo del este (Eudyptes chrysocome filholi) en Las Grutas, Bahía de San Antonio, Río Negro, Patagonia, y reportes sobre su presencia en la Antártida Argentina e Islas Malvinas. Nótulas Faunísticas (segunda serie), 279.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Western Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/04/2026.