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Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin
Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi] (= Eudyptes chrysocome) (Forster, JR 1781)
The southern rockhopper penguin group, is a species of rockhopper penguin, that is sometimes considered distinct from the northern rockhopper penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as around the southern coasts of South America. Source: Wikipedia
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Sphenisciformes
Family:
Spheniscidae
Genus:
Eudyptes
Scientific:
Eudyptes chrysocome
Classification
Order:Sphenisciformes
Family:
Spheniscidae
Genus:
Eudyptes
Scientific:
Eudyptes chrysocome
Original description
Citation:
(Forster, JR 1781)
Reference:
Comment. Soc. Reg. Sci. Gott.
3(1780) p.133,135
Protonym:
Aptenodytes chrysocome
Type locality:
Tasmania and Falkland Islands = Falkland Islands; further restricted to Kidney Island, Berkeley Sound, East Falkland Island, by Carins, 1974, Emu, 74, p. 56.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
4023CC8140910463
Avibase ID:
avibase-4023CC81
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/4023CC81
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 559996
VULNERABLE
Geographic range:
- Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]: southern Chilean islands and Cape Horn to Falkland Islands, subantarctic Indian Ocean, and New Zealand islands
- Eudyptes chrysocome: Cape Horn Archipelago and Falkland Islands
- Eudyptes filholi: Kerguelen Islands and subantarctic New Zealand islands
Source: Clements checklist
Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin
French:
Gorfou sauteur ou G. de Filhol
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi]) |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012): Southern Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
| South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024): Rockhopper Penguin ( Eudyptes chrysocome) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Eudyptes [chrysocome or moseleyi]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Geelkuifpikkewyn, Suidelike Geelkuifpikkewyn
Bulgarian: Южен скален пингвин
Catalan: Pingüí salta-roques, Pingüí salta-roques meridional
Czech: tučňák skalní
Danish: Springpingvin
German: Felsenpinguin, Südfelsenpinguin
English: Rockhopper Penguin, Southern or Western Rockhopper Penguin, Southern Rockhopper Penguin
English, HBW: Southern Rockhopper Penguin
English (IOC): Southern Rockhopper Penguin
English (United States): Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Esperanto: roksalta tufpingveno
Spanish: Pingüino Penacho Amarillo, Pingüino Saltarrocas, Pingüino saltarrocas meridional
Spanish (Argentine): Pingüino Penacho Amarillo, Pingüino pico grueso
Spanish (Chile): Pingüino de penacho amarillo
Spanish (Spain): Pingüino Saltarrocas Meridional
Spanish (HBW): Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Spanish (Uruguay): Pingüino Penacho Amarillo, Pingüino Penachos Amarillos
Estonian: kaljupingviin
Finnish: kalliotöyhtöpingviini
French: Gorfou sauteur, Gorfou sauteur ou G. de Filhol
Hebrew: פינגווין הסלעים
Croatian: Pingvin skakač
Hungarian: aranytollú pingvin
Icelandic: Klettamörgæs
Italian: Eudipte crestato, Pinguino saltarocce
Japanese (romaji): iwatobipengin
Japanese: イワトビペンギン
Scientific: Aptenodytes chrysocome, Eudyptes [chrysocome or filholi], Eudyptes chrysocome, Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome
Lithuanian: Uolinis kuoduotasis pingvinas
Dutch: Geelkuifpinguïn, Zuidelijke Rotspinguïn
Norwegian Nynorsk: Klippehopparpingvin
Norwegian: Klippehopperpingvin
Polish: pingwin skalny
Portuguese: Pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo, Pingüim-de-penacho-amarelo
Portuguese (Brazil): pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo, Pingüim-de-penacho-amarelo
Portuguese (Portugal): Pinguim-de-penachos-amarelos, pinguim-saltador-meridional
Russian: Пингвин-скалолаз, хохлатый пингвин
Slovak: Tučniak skalný
Serbian: Pingvin skakač
Swedish: Klipphopparpingvin
Turkish: Zıplar Penguen
Ukrainian: Пінгвін чубатий
Chinese: 凤头黄眉企鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 長冠企鵝
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