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Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888 Family: Spheniscidae Order: Sphenisciformes print version
Erect-crested penguin Gorfou huppé Pingüino de Sclater Sclaterpinguin
Migration: intracontinental dispersive

Verbreitungskarte von Eudyptes sclateri Dispersive. Pre-moult period at sea c. 30 days; birds remain at sea from Apr to Sept, after completion of moult and before start of subsequent breeding season. Regularly occurs off E New Zealand; vagrant to S Australia, Macquarie and Chatham Is; also recorded in Falkland Is.   (del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1992)


Regions: Oceania
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel)