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Royal Penguin

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Alternate name
Eudyptes schlegeli Scientific name
Ciconiiformes Order
Spheniscidae Family
65-75 cm Length
Rocky shoreline, below 150 m, inshore water, continental shelf water & deep water. Breeds:- Australia:- Macquarie Islands Habitat-Altitude-Range
Two eggs are laid, only one survives, incubation by both parents for 35 days. care is rotated, the chicks join a creche at 20 days and fledge at 65 days Clutch
Squid & fish. Food  
  Habits
3838 - TSN: 559998 World Number
Vulnerable Status

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Czech: Tucnák královský, tučňák královský
Danish: Hvidkindet Pingvin
German: Haubenpinguin
English: Royal Penguin
Spanish: Pingüino cara blanca, Pingüino de Schlegel, Pingüino Real
Spanish (Argentine): Pingüino cara blanca
Estonian: tanupingviin
Finnish: macquarienpingviini, Töyhtöpingviini
French: Gorfou de Schlegel
Hebrew: פינגווין שלגל
Italian: Eudipte della Nuova Zelanda, Pinguino reale, Pinguino reale dal ciuffo dorato
Japanese: makaronipengin
Japanese: マカロニペンギン
Latin: Eudyptes schlegeli
Dutch: Schlegel-pinguďn, Schlegels Pinguďn
Norwegian: Hvitkinnpingvin
Polish: pingwin krótkoczuby, Skocz krótkoczuby
Russian: Пингвин Шлегеля
Slovak: tucniak bielolíci
Swedish: Kungstofspingvin
Chinese: 白颊黄眉企鹅
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