Rockhopper Penguin

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Western Rockhopper Penguin	Home Bird Orders
		Alternate name
	Eudyptes chrysocome	Scientific name
	Ciconiiformes	Order
	Spheniscidae	Family
	55-61cm	Length
	Argentina, Chile, Falkland Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands (to Australia), New Zealand& South Africa	Habitat-Altitude-Range
	2 eggs, Incubation 35 days and brooded for 26 days by both parents.	Clutch
	Fish, squid..	Food
	As their name suggests they hop over obstacles.	Habits
	3833 - TSN: 559996	World Number
	Vulnerable	Status

Rockhopper Penguin Frank Lambert West Point Island, Falkland Islands United Kingdom XC68263 calls

Danish: Springpingvin
German: Felsenpinguin
English: Rockhopper Penguin, Rockhopper Penguin (Western), Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Western Rockhopper Penguin
Spanish: Pingüino Penacho Amarillo
Spanish (Uruguay): Pingüino Penacho Amarillo
French: Gorfou sauteur
Latin: Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome, Eudyptes crestatus crestatus, Eudyptes cristatus cristatus
Dutch: Rotspinguïn
Norwegian: Klippehopperpingvin
Polish: pingwin skalny
Portuguese: pingüim-de-penacho-amarelo
Portuguese (Brazil): pingüim-de-penacho-amarelo
Russian: Хохлатый пингвин
Slovak: tucniak skalný
Swedish: Klipphopparpingvin
Chinese: 凤头黄眉企鹅

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