page_title: Southern rockhopper penguin
section_title: Behaviour
hierarchical_section_title: Southern rockhopper penguin / Behaviour
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch&#x3a;&#32; Ei eines Felsenpinguin. Sammlung von Vincent Bretagnolle /Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut. Fundort: Mayesinseln, Kerguelen, Frankreich.English&#x3a;&#32; Egg of Western Rockhopper Penguin. Collection of Vincent Bretagnolle /Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut. Locality: Mayes Islands, Kerguelen Islands, France.Français&#x202f;&#x3a;&#32; Œuf de Gorfou sauteur. Collection de Vincent Bretagnolle / Jacques Perrin de Brichambaut. Localité:Ile Mayes, Îles Kerguelen, France. Muséum de Toulouse &#160;&#160;Native nameMuséum de ToulouseLocationToulouse , FranceCoordinates43°&#160;35′&#160;38″&#160;N, 1°&#160;26′&#160;57″&#160;E &#160;Established1796&#58; &#32;established&#160;; 1865&#58; &#32;opened to publicWeb pagewww.museum.toulouse.frAuthority control : Q422 VIAF:&#8201;131004808 ISNI:&#8201;0000 0001 2158 3469 SUDOC:&#8201;028667107 BNF:&#8201;120455376 Museofile:&#8201;M7013 institution QS:P195,Q422
context_page_description: The southern rockhopper penguin group, are two subspecies of rockhopper penguin, that together are sometimes considered distinct from the northern rockhopper penguin. It occurs in subantarctic waters of the western Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as around the southern coasts of South America.
context_section_description: Their common name refers to the fact that, unlike many other penguins which get around obstacles by sliding on their bellies or by awkward climbing using their flipper-like wings as aid, rockhoppers will try to jump over boulders and across cracks.
  This behaviour is by no means unique to this species however - at least the other "crested" penguins of the genus Eudyptes hop around rocks too. But the rockhopper's congeners occur on remote islands in the New Zealand region, whereas the rockhopper penguins are found in places that were visited by explorers and whalers since the Early Modern era. Hence, it is this particular species in which this behaviour was first noted.
  Their breeding colonies are located from sea level to cliff-tops and sometimes inland. Their breeding season starts in September and ends in November. Two eggs are laid but only one is usually incubated. Incubation lasts 35 days and their chicks are brooded for 26 days.
caption: Egg
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