Macaroni Penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, JF, 1837)

Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus, breeds across the Southern Ocean on subantarctic islands from the western South Atlantic to the eastern South Indian Ocean, including the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands, Kerguelen and Heard Island. It is a crested penguin with a yellow crest on the forehead, and the face and upperparts are black against white underparts. It is flightless, with a body adapted for life at sea. The male and female look alike, though the male is a little larger and has a bigger bill.

Order

Sphenisciformes

Family

Spheniscidae — Penguins

Breeding range

Southern Ocean: subantarctic islands of w South Atlantic to e South Indian Ocean: Antarctic Pen. and Falkland Is. to Kerguelen and Heard is.