Species profile
Erect-crested Penguin
Eudyptes sclateri
Quick answer
Subantarctic New Zealand and Australian waters
- Scientific name
- Eudyptes sclateri
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Genus
- Eudyptes
- Conservation status
- Endangered
Recording Erect-crested Penguin in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Spheniscidae
- Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
- African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
- Anthropodyptes gilli (Anthropodyptes gilli)
- Anthropornis nordenskjoldii (Anthropornis nordenskjoldii)
- Aptenodytes ridgeni (Aptenodytes ridgeni)
- Aptenodytes spec (Aptenodytes spec)
- Archaeospheniscus lopdelli (Archaeospheniscus lopdelli)
- Archaeospheniscus lowei (Archaeospheniscus lowei)