Erect-crested penguin

Erect-crested penguin
On the Proclamation Island, Bounty Islands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Eudyptes
Species:
E. sclateri
Binomial name
Eudyptes sclateri
Buller, 1888
Distribution (nesting) of the erect-crested penguin

The erect-crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) (Māori: Tawaki nana hī)[2] is a penguin endemic to the New Zealand region[3] and only breeds on the Bounty and Antipodes Islands.[4] It has black upper parts, white underparts and a yellow eye stripe and crest. It spends the winter at sea and little is known about its biology and breeding habits. Populations are believed to have declined during the last few decades of the twentieth century,[5] and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed it as being "endangered".[6]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2020). "Eudyptes sclateri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22697789A131879000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22697789A131879000.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Erect-crested penguin | Tawaki nana hī | New Zealand Birds Online". www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-11-26.
  3. ^ "Erect-crested penguin | New Zealand Birds Online". nzbirdsonline.org.nz. Archived from the original on 2022-05-21. Retrieved 2019-02-12.
  4. ^ Wilson, Kerry-Jayne; Mattern, Thomas (April 2019). State of Penguins. Dunedin, New Zealand: New Zealand Penguin Initiative. doi:10.36617/sop.erect.2019-04. S2CID 210312214. Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2019-11-18.
  5. ^ Taylor, Graeme (2000). Action Plan for Seabird Conservation in New Zealand. Part A: Threatened Seabirds (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: Department of Conservation. pp. 65–68.
  6. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-02-12.

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