Royal Penguin vs Galapagos Penguin

Eudyptes schlegeli verglichen mit Spheniscus mendiculus

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Merkmal Royal Penguin Galapagos Penguin
Wissenschaftlicher Name Eudyptes schlegeli Spheniscus mendiculus
Ordnung Sphenisciformes Sphenisciformes
Familie Spheniscidae Spheniscidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Endangered
Länge
Flügelspannweite 24,2 cm (9.5 in) 16,6 cm (6.5 in)
Gewicht 4900,0 g (172.84 oz) 2040,0 g (71.96 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Royal Penguin only

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Galapagos Penguin only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Royal Penguin

Endangered

Galapagos Penguin

About These Birds

Royal Penguin

Royal Penguin, 65–76 cm, breeds exclusively on Macquarie Island in the Southern Ocean. Like Macaroni Penguin but with a white (not black) face — the most obvious distinction. Crested penguin; krill and fish feeder. Vulnerable; breeds in one of the world's largest seabird colonies (~800,000 pairs).

Galapagos Penguin

Galápagos Penguin, 49–53 cm, is the only penguin that breeds north of the equator. Restricted to the Galápagos Islands and dependent on Humboldt Current upwelling. Banded black-and-white with a horseshoe breast band. Piscivore; dives for sardines and mullet. Endangered; highly vulnerable to El Niño events.

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