Penguins

Macaroni Penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus

The Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a 4.5 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Penguins

Order

Sphenisciformes

Weight

4.5 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

9

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist