Species Eudyptes chrysocome (J.R. Forster, 1781)
Rockhopper Penguin, Crested Penguin, Drooping-crested Penguin, Jackass Penguin, Rockhopper, Tufted Penguin, Victoria Penguin
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
IMCRA
Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Western Province (6), Southwest Transition (7), Southern Province (8), West Tasmania Transition (9)
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
Common Name References
Anonymous 1969. An Index of Australian Bird Names. Division of WIldlife Research Technical Paper. Canberra : CSIRO Vol. No. 20 pp. 93. [5] (Crested Penguin, Drooping-crested Penguin, Jackass Penguin, Rockhopper, Tufted Penguin, Victoria Penguin)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 1994. The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of Australia and its Territories. Monograph 2. Melbourne : Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union iv 112 pp. (Rockhopper Penguin)
Christidis, L. & Boles, W.E. 2008. Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing 288 pp. [19] (Rockhopper Penguin)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | SPHENISCIFORMES | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED |
Subspecies Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome (J.R. Forster, 1781)
- Aptenodytes chrysocome Forster, J.R. 1781. Historia Aptenodytae, generis Avium orbi australi proprii. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis, Gottingae 3: 121-148, pl. 5 [Date published 1781: dated 1780] [121-148].
Type data:
Status unknown, Unknown (Unlocated), Tasmania and Falkland Islands.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Rare vagrant from Falkland Islands and islands off Cape Horn
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31)
General References
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | SPHENISCIFORMES | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |
Subspecies Eudyptes chrysocome filholi Hutton, 1879
- Eudyptes filholi Hutton, F.W. 1879. On an apparently new species of Penguin, from Campbell Island. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 3: 334 [imprint 1878] [334].
Type data:
Holotype OMNZ Mounted skin (Unlocated), Campbell Island.
Distribution
States
South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Breeds on Heard and Macquarie Islands, occasionally observed in SE Australia, usually moulting
IMCRA
Macquarie Island Province (24), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)
Other Regions
Heard & McDonald Islands (Aust. Terr.), Macquarie Island terrestrial & freshwater
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Nov-2020 | AVES | 04-Nov-2022 | MODIFIED | |
| 10-Nov-2020 | SPHENISCIFORMES | 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Wayne Longmore |
| 01-May-2014 | MODIFIED |