Northern Rockhopper Penguin

About the Northern Rockhopper Penguin

The northern rockhopper penguin, also known as Moseley's rockhopper penguin, Moseley's penguin, or Tristan penguin, is a penguin species native to the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans. It was formerly considered conspecific with the eastern and western rockhopper penguins.

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Where it lives

Recorded as a rare visitor in Australia, South Africa.

When to see it

Peak activity in March · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Eastern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes filholiThe eastern rockhopper penguin is a small, crested penguin with a black back and throat, a white belly, and pink feet. Erect-crested PenguinEudyptes sclateriThis is a small-to-medium-sized, yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin, at 50–70 cm (20–28 in) and weighing 2.5–6 kg (5.5–13.2 lb). Snares PenguinEudyptes robustusThe Snares penguin is often compared to the Fiordland penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), which is related by the genus of crested penguins (Eudyptes).