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Fiordland Crested Penguin

Also Known As Tawaki
Birds

A crested penguin that breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island, the Fiordland region proper, as well as on Stewart Island and its outlying islands, nesting in coastal forest rather than open ground. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Piscivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Disputed
Population Estimate
5000 2
A 1990s survey counted 2,500 breeding pairs, roughly 5,000 individuals, but the source describes this count as likely an underestimate; no more recent total was found.
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Scientific Name
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus 2
Conservation Status
Near Threatened 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Sphenisciformes, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Fiordland Crested Penguin (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Fiordland, Ecosystems
Source Fiordland Crested Penguin (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australasia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

New Zealand

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Norway

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014)
2. Fiordland Crested Penguin (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Distribution section
    It currently breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island as well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura and its outlying islands.
  • Taxobox
  • Lead section
  • Conservation status section
    Fiordland crested penguins are classed as near threatened by the IUCN
  • Population section
    Surveys in the 1990s counted 2,500 pairs, though this was likely an underestimate
  • Introduction
    It currently breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island as well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura and its outlying islands. Because it originally ranged beyond Fiordland, it is sometimes referred to as the New Zealand crested penguin.
  • In Biome: Marine, Wikipedia 'Fiordland penguin': breeds along NZ coasts, a marine seabird
View the Source
3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Eudyptes pachyrhynchus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
Quote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
View the Source
Wikidata: Fiordland Crested Penguin
Wikidata Q622637, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: SphenisciformesView the Source
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