Macaroni penguin

Eudyptes chrysolophus · Spheniscidae

The macaroni penguin is a species of penguin found from the Subantarctic to the Antarctic Peninsula. One of eight species of crested penguin, it is very closely related to the royal penguin, and some authorities consider the two to be a single species. It bears a distinctive yellow crest on its forehead.

Where the Macaroni penguin lives

Recorded in S. Geo. and the Is., Heard I. and McDonald Is., South Africa and Falkland Is. (Seven seas (open ocean), Africa and South America).

Most records fall in Western Cape.

See the Macaroni penguin’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Vulnerable (VU). At risk: it could become endangered. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 83,387 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.