Southern Rockhopper Penguin

• locomociónIt gets about the coastal rocks by hopping with both feet together rather than walking, which is unusual among penguins.
• It climbs the cliffs in hops with both feet together, negotiating climbs of more than a hundred metres from the surf up to the colony, a way of moving that is unique among penguins.
• It dives head first into the surf and leaves the water by letting the waves throw it against the rock, gripping with its claws: a brutal way in and out that causes a fair number of injuries.
• Its population has fallen by more than a third in three generations, mainly through changes in food availability linked to the warming of the Southern Ocean.

Skeleton type

Vertebrate - internal bony skeleton (bird)

Habitat and environment

Steep rocky coasts of subantarctic islands of the South Atlantic and southern South America

Sexual maturity

4 years

Gestation / incubation

33 days of incubation

Litter / clutch size

2 eggs

Sources consulted: Wikipedia (es): Eudyptes chrysocome

The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.