Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Penguins :: Yellow-eyed Penguin

Yellow-eyed Penguin Megadyptes antipodes

Described by: Hombron; Jacquinot (1841)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Nugget Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand - Apr 26, 2001 © William Hull  Nugget Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand - Apr 26, 2001 © William Hull  Nugget Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand - Apr 26, 2001 © William Hull  Nugget Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand - Apr 26, 2001 © William Hull  Nugget Point, Otago, South Island, New Zealand - Apr 26, 2001 © William Hull 
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Range

Sw. Pacific Ocean off sw. New Zealand;
Breeds in s. New Zealand, e. and se. South Island on the Banks Peninsula and then from Cape Wanbrow n. of Oamaru s. to Bluff including the Otago Peninsula, n. Stewart Is. and Codfish Is. and also on Campbell and the Auckland Is.
Disperses n. to the Cook Strait.
Old unconfirmed reports from Chatham Is. (1899), Kerguelen Is. (1885), Snares Is. (1920) and Macquarie Is. (1920).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Kiwi Wildlife Tours

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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