Royal penguin

(Eudyptes schlegeli)

Description

The eudipte of New Zealand ( Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch,1876),also known as royal penguin or golden penguin with a golden tuft,is a bird of the Spheniscidae family that lives on the Macquarie island

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Aves

Order:Sphenisciformes

Family:Spheniscidae

Genus:Eudyptes

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