southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus), Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) 1. Eudyptes saltator (Steph.) = Eudyptes chrysocome (J.R.Forster, 1781)
2. Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt) = Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837)
3. Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray = Eudyptes pachyrhynchus G.R.Gray, 1845
Date 1879
Source Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1886) 168: An Account of the Petrological, Botanical, and Zoological Collections Made in Kerguelen's Land and Rodriguez During the Transit of Venus Expedition Carried Out by Order of Her Majesty's Government in the Years 1871-1875 (Plate VIII)
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The southern rockhopper penguin group (Eudyptes chrysocome), are two subspecies of rockhopper penguin, that together are sometimes considered distinct from the northern rockhopper penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as around the southern coasts of South America.
The macaroni penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) is a species of penguin found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula.
The Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), also known as tawaki (Maori), is a species of crested penguin from New Zealand. It breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura and its outlying islands.
