Hi All
It looks very much like an immature Fiordland Penguin to me. I have
collected quite a few of these (beach - derelicts) from S coast of Kangaroo
Island, SA over past years and am reasonably familiar with the species.
Head, crest and importantly, under-wing (flipper) patterning, seemed to be a
good fit for Fiordland.
Bruce, in your email you mention Royal Penguin and follow it with
Erect-crested in brackets. Did you mean to put Macaroni in brackets as it is
the type specimen for Royal sub-species. Erect-crested is a species of its
own.
Cheers
Chris Baxter
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Wedderburn Birding
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 5:23 PM
To: 'Tim Dolby'
Cc:
Subject: Fiordland Penguin (Royal) in Geelong
Tim,
It looks more like a immature Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), with
some white mottling still remaining on the throat which is characteristic of
a juvenile Rockhopper, based on the illustrations in Seabirds - An
Identification Guide by Peter Harrison.
However looking at the NZ Field Guide by Heather & Robertson, the juvenile
Fiordland Crested Penguin looks the closest, although the juvenile
Rockhopper is not illustrated.
The juvenile Macaroni Penguin doesn't seem to have bold head plumes based on
the book by Peter Harrison.
It doesn't look like a Royal Penguin (Erect-Crested Penguin) based on
Harrison's or the Heather & Robertson illustrations.
Regards,
Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From:
On Behalf Of Tim Dolby
Sent: Tuesday, 29 July 2008 2:17 PM
To:
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Subject: Fiordland Penguin (Royal) in Geelong
Hi All,
Tom Fletcher's just email me to say that in today's Geelong Advertiser
there's a photo (page 3) of what he believes is a Fiordland Penguin. It
was picked up alive at Queenscliff and is now recovering at Melbourne
Zoo.
It's been tagged a Royal in the Geelong Advertiser, see
http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/07/29/16619_news.html.
It looks like Fiordland to me - with the only other option (with black
face) a Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus). What do you think?
Cheers,
Tim Dolby
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