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Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
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Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
Eudyptes moseleyi
The northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi), also known as Moseley's rockhopper penguin, Moseley's penguin, or Tristan penguin, is a penguin species native to the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It was formerly considered conspecific with the eastern and western rockhopper penguins.
A study published in 2009 showed that the population of the northern rockhopper had declined by 90% since the 1950s. For this reason, the northern rockhopper penguin is classified as endangered.
From the article Northern rockhopper penguin on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
More than 99% of northern rockhoppers breed during late spring or early summer on Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island in the south Atlantic Ocean. Breeding colonies are also found on the French Southern and Antarctic Lands of Amsterdam Island and St Paul Island. It is very rare for the bird to make landfall on the Australian continent, but in 2006, a northern rockhopper was sighted at Robe, South Australia, and in July 2023 a very underweight northern rockhopper was found at Goolwa beach in South Australia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The northern rockhopper penguin feeds on krill and other sea life such as crustaceans, squid, octopus and fish.
Wikipedia: “Food and feeding”
In human culture
Cody Maverick, a northern rockhopper penguin, the main protagonist in the 2007 film Surf's Up and its sequel Surf's Up 2: WaveMania. In the Happy Feet and Happy Feet Two films, the Barry White-like love guru, Lovelace, is a rockhopper penguin, who will instil his wisdom for the price of rocks. Lovelace is voiced by Robin Williams.
Wikipedia: “In culture”
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Where it lives
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 100696.