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Macaroni Penguin
Macaroni Penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus
Aves
VULNERABLE

Stats

Lifespan
8-15 yrs
Size
Medium
Diet
Carnivore
Activity
Diurnal
Social
Colony
Biome
Subantarctic islands
Range
Southern Ocean
Movement
Swimming
Breeding
Egg-laying
Defense
Herd Safety
Status
Vulnerable

About

Macaroni penguins are a type of penguin that live in the Southern Hemisphere. They have a yellow crest on their forehead and a black face and upperparts.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    egg
    A clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
  2. 2.
    hatchling
    A naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
  3. 3.
    juvenile
    A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
  4. 4.
    adult
    Fully grown with adult plumage.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Sphenisciformes
Family
Spheniscidae
Genus
Eudyptes
Species
Eudyptes chrysolophus