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Back to the collectionThe birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar quadrant · Plate 32
Historical bird plate: Western Rockhopper Penguin

Mathews · 1928

Western Rockhopper Penguin

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Plate 32: Cristatus Irfan & Eudyptes Vieillot & Eudyptes cristatus

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01Western Rockhopper Penguin
Beyond the reference collection

The bird lies beyond the geographic scope of the original reference collection. Its historical identification can still be compared with current taxonomy and is retained here as part of the illustrated work.

Name recorded with the plateeudyptes chrysocome
Name used todayEudyptes chrysocomeWestern Rockhopper Penguin

What connects the names

The artwork depicts a bird beyond the geographic scope of the original reference collection, but its identification can still be followed through current taxonomy.

High confidence: The source identification and present taxonomy connect directly through the cited evidence.

The bird today

Follow the accepted taxon into present-day biodiversity records, observations and sound identification.

Publication
The birds of Norfolk & Lord Howe Islands and the Australasian South Polar quadrant, Single volume
Plate
32
Creator
Gregory M. Mathews; plates include work by Henrik Grönvold, Roland Green and F. W. Frohawk
Holding institution
Museums Victoria
Taxonomic authority
AviList 2025
Rights
Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.