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Common Name

Southern Rockhopper Penguin

Alternate Names

Common Type

Penguin

Order

Sphenisciformes

Family

Spheniscidae

Genus

Eudyptes

Species

chrysocome

Conservation Status

Vulnerable

Location Photographed

Falklands

Number of Sub-Species

Two Sub Species

Migratory or Resident

Migratory

Preferred Habitat

Breeds on remote subantarctic islands and southern oceans

Distribution and Range

Subantarcitc waters and islands of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans also around the southern coast of South America

Food

Krill, squid, octopus, langern fish, mollusks, plankton, cuttlefish and crustaceans

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