New Zealand fur seals and erect-crested penguins, Bounty Island, Sub-Antarctic, Polar Regions

Fiordland crested penguins (Tawaki), Doubtful Sound, Fiordland National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, South Island, New Zealand, Pacific

Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) washing in a stream on Westpoint island in the Falkland Islands off argentina, in South America. Numbers off rocxkhoppers have declined substantially, partly due to competition with commercial fishing and partly due to climate change, which causes their prey food to migrate to cooler waters.

Adult rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi) "hopping" on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Adult rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi) going through a catastrophic molt on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Snares crested penguins (Eudyptes robustus), Penguin with Kelp (Durvilla antarctica) Snares Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.

Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) in the Falkland Islands. This is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin in the genus Eudyptes. It reaches a length of 45-58 cm (18-23 in) and typically weighs 2-3.4 kg (4.4-7.5 lb), although there are records of exceptionally large rockhoppers weighing 5 kg (11 lbs). Their common name refers to the fact that unlike many other penguins which negotiate 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 behavior is by no means unique to this species however - at least the other "crested" penguins of the genus Eudyptes hop around rocks too. Southern Rockhopper Penguins have a global population of roughly 1 million pairs, perhaps a bit more. About two-thirds of the global population belongs to E. c. chrysocome which breeds on the Falkland Islands and on islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The Southern Rockhopper Penguin is classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN.

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) (head detail) at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.

Young rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi) molting on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Adult rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi) "hopping" on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) pair at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.

NOTE: High path to top of island used by Snares crested penguins (Eudyptes atratus), Snares Islands, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.

Snares crested penguins (Eudyptes atratus), swimming off Snares Islands, Snares Islands, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean.

Adult rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi) on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.

Adult rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome moseleyi) on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha Island Group, South Atlantic Ocean

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) pair at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) pair at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) mutually preening at Devil's Nose on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean.

Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on the way to their colony, Pebble Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South Atlantic, South America

Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), with young, West Point, Falkland Islands, South America

Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), West Point, Falkland Islands, South America

Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), West Point, Falkland Islands, South America

Southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), hopping over rocks, West Point, Falkland Islands, South America

Fiordland Crested Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), lying on the beach, South Island, New Zealand

Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes) On The Shore With Surf Washing Onto Shore

Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes) Walking In A Row