Taxon Profile: Eudyptes schlegeli schlegeli
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 59301
- Common Name
- Royal Penguin
- Authority
- Finch,1876
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Infraspecies.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Eudyptes
©Kerry Stienberner 2004
- Catalogue id
- IA11340
- Caption
- Royal Penguins
- Photographer
- Steinberner, Kerry
Profile
- Source of taxon data
- RAMS
- Latest Taxonomic scrutiny
- Dave Watts on 15-Apr-2009
- Comments
- - latsest update remove trinomial name to be bionomial
- Revised to
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Eudyptes schlegeli Fincsch, 1876 (Royal Penguin) Profile
Species Profile:
Biology
| Additional Information | Royal penguins are migratory and leave Macquarie Island after the breeding season. It is unknown where they go during this time, although there have been sightings from Tasmania to the Antarctic sector of the Southern Ocean. During the incubation stage Royal Penguins travel over 600km from Macquarie Island and back again in three weeks (Hull et al. submitted, Hull submitted). Royal penguins lay two eggs. The first is small and is discarded, and as yet no one knows the reason for this. |
Taxon Biology
| Diet and Feeding Diet and feeding details |
Royal penguins feed on euphausiids (26% of their diet) and myctophid fish (52%), squid and other crustaceans (22%). Their diet differs at colonies between the east and west coasts of the island. |
| Habitat Includes realm (e.g. Terrestrial etc) and climatic information (e.g. Boreal); also includes requirements and tolerances; horizontal and vertical distribution; |
Royal Penguins only breed on subantarctic Macquarie Island in very large colonies. The largest colony at Hurd Point has around 500,000 pairs. |
Relationships with other taxa
- is a host of the parasite - Austrogoniodes cristati Kéler, 1952 (Bird louse) Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Austrogoniodes strutheus Harrison, 1937: 15; Watson, 1967: 71: Clay, 1967: 154; Clay and Moreby, 1970: 216; Gressitt, 1970: 327; Wise, 1977: 59 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Austrogoniodes waterstoni Harrison, 1937: 15;Watson 1967: 71; Gressitt, 1970: 327; Wise, 1977: 59. Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Austrogoniodes hamiltoni Harrison, 1937 Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Cesareus hamiltoni Keler, 1954: 54. Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Austrogoniodes macquariensis Harrison, 1937 (Bird louse) Profile
- is a host of the parasite - Austrogoniodes sp. Lowry et al, 1978: 138 Profile
Species belongs to the following lists - Follow link on List Name to see list of all species.
| Type | List Name | Description | Status | Basis of Record |
| Bioregion | Macquarie Island | Derived (from literature) |