Eudyptes

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Eudyptes
Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816
Species
Eudyptes chrysocome Eudyptes chrysolophus Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Eudyptes robustus Eudyptes schlegeli Eudyptes sclateri

The genus Eudyptes ("good diver") contains six living species of penguins collectively known as crested penguins. A Chatham Islands species may have become extinct in the 19th century.

[edit] Classification

ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES

• Family Spheniscidae
  • Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
  • Snares Penguin, Eudyptes robustus
  • Erect-crested Penguin, Eudyptes sclateri
  • Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome
    • Indopacific Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome filholi
    • American Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome
  • Northern Rockhopper Penguin or Mosely's Penguin, Eudyptes moselyi - formerly included in E. chrysocome
  • Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli - possibly just a morph of E. chrysolophus
  • Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
  • Chatham Islands Penguin, Eudyptes sp. (prehistoric?)

The Chatham Islands form is known only from subfossil bones, but may have gone extinct as late as 1872. It appears to have been a distinct species, with a thin, slim and low bill.

[edit] Species photographs

Photographs of adults of the extant (living) species are shown:

Surviving species

Royal Penguin Eudyptes schlegeli	Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	Fiordland Penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
Snares Penguin Eudyptes robustus	Macaroni Penguin Eudyptes chrysolophus