Eudyptes (Genus)

Overview

The 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.

Classification

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ORDER SPHENISCIFORMES

Family Spheniscidae
- Fiordland Crested Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
- Snares Crested Penguin, Eudyptes robustus
- Erect-crested Penguin, Eudyptes sclateri
- Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome
  - Indopacific Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome filholi
  - American Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome 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.

Species Photographs

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

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Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
  - Subkingdom: Bilateria (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
    - Branch: Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
      - Infrakingdom: Chordonia (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
        Phylum: Chordata Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
        Subphylum: Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
        Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
        Superclass: Tetrapoda Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
        Class: Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
        Subclass: Neornithes Gadow, 1893
        Infraclass: Neoaves
        Superorder: Passerimorphae
        Order: Ciconiiformes Bonaparte, 1854 - Albatrosses, Alcids
        Suborder: Ciconii
        Infraorder: Ciconiides
        Parvorder: Ciconiida
        Superfamily: Procellarioidea
        Family: Spheniscidae Bonaparte, 1831 - Penguins
        Genus: Eudyptes Vieillot, 1816

The Genus Eudyptes is further organized into finer groupings including:

Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 17 species and subspecies in the Genus Eudyptes: E. atrata · E. chrysocome (Rockhopper Penguin) · E. chrysocome catarractes · E. chrysocome chrysocome · E. chrysocome filholi · E. chrysocome moseleyi · E. chrysolophus (Macaroni Penguin) · E. chrysolophus chrysolophus · E. chrysolophus schlegeli · E. crestatus (Rockhopper Penguin) · E. crestatus crestatus · E. cristatus · E. minor (Little Penguin) · E. pachyrhynchus (Fiordland Crested Penguin) · E. robustus (Snares Crested Penguin) · E. schlegeli (Royal Penguin) · E. sclateri (Erect-Crested Penguin)

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