Where are rockhopper penguins found?

The southern rockhopper subspecies breeds in the Falkland Islands and southern Chile and southern Argentina. Eastern rockhopper penguins breed on Prince Edward Island and Marion Island in South Africa, Crozet Island and Kerguelen Island in the Southern Territory of France, Heard and Macquarie Island in Australia, and Antipodes Island and Campbell Island and Auckland in New Zealand. Northern rockhopper penguins breed on Gough and Tristan da Cunha Islands in the South Atlantic and on Saint Paul Island in the southern Indian Ocean.

Rockhopper penguins have white feathers or feathers on the front and underside of their short, fin-like wings. The head, back, and upper parts of the wings are black. It has a small forehead and round red eyes. It has black and yellow feathers or feathers above its eyes and on the top of its head, pointing down the back of its head and behind its eyes. Like the macaroni penguin ( Eudyptes chrysolophus ), it is often called the crested penguin because of its plumage. Penguins have small, white, smooth bodies that average 20 to 22 inches (52 to 55 centimeters) tall when standing upright and weigh 6 to 10 pounds (three to five kilograms).

These penguins are at home in the cold waters between Antarctica and the southern tip of South America, Africa, and Australia. A thick layer of blubber or fat under their skin keeps them warm, and their short, thick fur keeps them dry. When not in the water, they can be found on islands of rock and volcanic grass or in clumps of ice and rock. They usually only come ashore to rest, breed, or molt. Molting is when it sheds its old feathers and grows new feathers. This occurs at the end of the breeding season and takes about five weeks.