Penguins
Northern Rockhopper Penguin
Eudyptes moseleyi
The Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) is a 2.3 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.
- Family
- Penguins
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Weight
- 2.3 kg
- Habitat
- Marine
- Diet
- Invertebrates
- Migration
- Partial migrant
- Countries recorded
- 5
Recorded in SH, Fr. S. and Antarctic Lands, Falkland Is., Australia, South Africa.
Where to see it: Nearshore waters (0-2mi/3km) - Gaggins Point to Rockhopper Point (Saint Helena); Nightingale Island (restricted access) (Saint Helena); Mare aux Eléphants et Base Martin de Viviès (accès restreint) (French Southern and Antarctic Lands); Sea Lion Island (Falkland Islands / Malvinas).
Photo: (c) Brian Gratwicke, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist