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Northern rockhopper penguin

Northern rockhopper penguin
Photo: Brian Gratwicke from DC, USA · CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

The Northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi) is a bird.

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. — Wikipedia

Scientific name
Eudyptes moseleyi
Class
Bird
Family / order
Spheniscidae
Habitat
Marine
Weight
2 kg
Conservation status
Endangered

How big is a Northern rockhopper penguin?

The northern rockhopper penguin weighs around 2 kg.

Is the northern rockhopper penguin endangered?

The northern rockhopper penguin is currently listed as “Endangered” on the IUCN Red List.

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