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MACARONI PENGUIN FACTS |
Description
The Macaroni Penguin is a crested penguin with black face, black throat, black back and wings and white underside. It has long yellow crest that hangs downwards. The bill is orange brown with a patch of bare skin at the base of the bill. Immature birds are greyish with small crest. They breed on The Australian Territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands.
Size
70 cm
Habitat
open ocean, shore
Food
krill, fish, squid
Breeding
The nest is a shallow scrape in the ground or amongst grass lined with pebbles or grass.
Range
In Australian territory, breeds on Heard Islands and McDonald Islands. Macaroni penguins are found from the Sub-Antarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Sphenisciformes | | Family: | Spheniscidae | | Genus: | Eudyptes | | Species: | chrysolophus | | Common Name: | Macaroni Penguin |
Relatives in same Genus
Rockhopper Penguin (E. chrysocome)
Fiordland Penguin (E. pachyrhynchus)
Snares Penguin (E. robustus)
Royal Penguin (E. schlegeli)
Erect-crested Penguin (E. sclateri)
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