Nesting ground:
- Dutch: grote kuifpinguïn
- German: Kronenpinguin or Sclaterpinguin
- French: gorfou huppé or gorfou de Sclater
- Spanish: pingüino Crestado o de Sclater o de las antípodas
- South African Dutch: Grootkuifpikkewyn or Kronenpinguin or Sclater-Pinguin
Erect-crested penguins breed in large colonies on sub-Antarctic Islands south of New Zealand, especially the Antipodes
and Bounty Islands.
The breeding population is estimated at 164 000 pairs.
Status: ENDANGERED with population rate believed to be strongly declining,
2008 IUCN Red List
Breeding behaviour:
They make a very rudimentary nest with some stones and mud. There is a lot of competition for the best nesting places in
the rock cliffs and/or caves which causes many fights between them.
Begin September the male comes back to the old nest, followed two weeks later by the female.
Nesting ground:
- Dutch: Snares kuifpinguïn
- German: Snares-Insel Pinguin or Snares-Dickschnabelpinguin
- French: gorfou des Iles Snares
- Spanish: pingüino de Snares
- South African Dutch: Snareskuifpikkewyn or Snare-eilandpikkewyn
- Portuguese: Pinguim-das-snares
Nesting ground:
- Dutch: fjordlandpinguïn or dikbekpinguïn
- German: Dickschnabelpinguin
- French: gorfou du Fiordland
- Spanish: pingüino de Nueva Zelanda o de pico grueso o de Fiordland
- South African Dutch: Fjordlandpikkewyn or Dikbekpikkewyn
- Portuguese: Pinguim-de-fiordland
Nesting ground:
- Dutch: rotsspringer or geelkuifpinguïn
- German: Felsenpinguin
- French: gorfou sauteur
- Spanish: pingüino de penacho amarillo or pingüino real
- South African Dutch: Geelkuifpikkewyn
- Portuguese: Pinguim-saltador-da-rocha
- Yaghan (indian people of Tierra del Fuego): Kalanina
- Southern subspecies (E.c.chrysochome): vulnerable, with population tendency declining, IUCN 2008
- Northern subspecies (E. c. moseleyi): ENDANGERED, IUCN 2008
Nesting ground:
- Dutch: macaronipinguïn
- German: Goldschopf- or Macaronipinguin
- French: gorfou doré or gorfou macaroni
- Spanish: pingüino de penacho anaranjado o macaroni o de frente amarilla
- South African Dutch: Langkuifpikkewyn or Macaronipikkewyn
- Portuguese: Pinguim-macaroni
Nesting ground:
- Dutch: schlegelpinguïn or Macquariepinguïn
- German: Haubenpinguin
- French: gorfou de Schlegel or gorfou royal
- Spanish: pingüino de cara blanca o de Schlegel o real
- South African Dutch: Schlegelpikkewyn or macquariepikkewyn
- Portuguese: Pinguim-real