New Rockhopper Penguin species

[brian fleming <>]

Today's Melbourne "Age" on page 11 carries a brief report that the 
Rockhoppers of Amsterdam and St. Paul Islands are declared a new species 
.. thanks to research and DNA testing by French ornithologist Pierre 
Jouventin.
The accompanying photo is a beauty, showing the splendid long feather 
eyebrows which adorn this population - they look like headgear suitable 
for a fashionable female at the Melbourne Cup.
Anthea Fleming
in Ivanhoe, Vic.
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