VulnerableMacaroni Penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus
One of the 15 penguins on WAnimals
Birds · Sphenisciformes · Spheniscidae
Eudyptes schlegeli
It could become threatened in the near future if current threats go unchecked.
The royal penguin breeds only on Macquarie Island and a few adjacent islets, in the Southern Ocean. It is told apart from the very similar macaroni penguin by its white or pale grey face rather than a black one. Its colonies are enormous and noisy, and are set up on the island's beaches and slopes. Between 1870 and 1919 it was exploited industrially for the oil rendered from its body, to the point that the species came close to disappearing.
Weight
3 kg – 8 kg
Size
65 cm – 76 cm
Life expectancy
20 years
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Colony
Lives in large concentrations, often for breeding reasons.
Sighting difficulty
Moderate
Estimated population
Some 850,000 breeding pairs
Sources consulted: https://www.iucnredlist.org/ | https://animaldiversity.org/ | https://es.wikipedia.org/
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