Royal penguin
Subspecies of the Macaroni penguin / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) is a species of penguin, which can be found only on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and adjacent islands.[2] The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the royal penguin as Least Concern.[1] The scientific name commemorates the German zoologist Hermann Schlegel.
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Royal penguin | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Genus: | Eudyptes |
Species: | E. schlegeli |
Binomial name | |
Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch, 1876 | |
Distribution royal penguin |
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