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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: marine
Abundance: common (usually seen) | Ref: Lepage, D., 2007
Importance: | Ref:
Aquaculture: never/rarely | Ref:
Regulations: no regulations | Ref:
Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Snares Island, off southern coast of South Island, New Zealand (Refs. 7816, 91362, 84934). They are known to breed in this area during the months of August to January (Ref. 91362). C: Ref. 91362, 84934; M: Ref. 7816; O: Ref. 84934.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html
National Fisheries Authority: http://www.fish.govt.nz/
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Lepage, D., 2007
National Database:

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Snares island penguin, ... more

Classification / Names / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

Aves > Ciconiiformes (Storks, herons and ostriches) > Spheniscidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others. Temperate

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Southwest Pacific: New Zealand.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 63.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91362); common length : 56.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 2.8 kg (Ref. 356)

Short description Morphology

Culmen: 5.535 cm; tarsus: 2.595 cm.

Total population of this species is estimated at 23,250 breeding pairs (Ref. 84934). This species is known to be gregarious and breeds in large colonies. They are found to breed among trees, or under dense bushes, and at times they roost on branches of low trees (Ref. 91362). Pursuit diving (Ref. 356).

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Harrison, P. 1987. (Ref. 91362)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (D2); Date assessed: 07 August 2018

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

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Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Eudyptes robustus Oliver, 1953