Eastern rockhopper penguin
| Eastern rockhopper penguin | |
|---|---|
| At Auckland Island | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Family: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Eudyptes |
| Species: | E. filholi
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| Binomial name | |
| Eudyptes filholi Hutton, 1879
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The eastern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes filholi), also known as the tawaki kaipiki toka (Māori: 'rock climber'), is a crested penguin with yellow crest feathers. It was formerly treated as conspecific with the western rockhopper penguin with the name "southern rockhopper penguin" for the combined species. It is one of the smallest crested penguins and has distinctive pink margins around its bill. It breeds on islands in the Southern Indian and Pacific Oceans.