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Royal penguin

Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch, 1876

LCLeast Concernpenguins

The royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) is a species in the family Spheniscidae, order Sphenisciformes. Recorded adults weigh 4.24 kg to 4.71 kg. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)
Photo: M. Murphy · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the royal penguin

Weight
4.24 kg – 4.71 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
marinesrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
36 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Age at maturity
12 months – 4.97 yearssrc for Age at maturity
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Aquaticsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does the royal penguin live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The royal penguin is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the royal penguin?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) is a species of penguin, which can be found only on the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and adjacent islands. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the royal penguin as Least Concern.

From the Wikipedia article “Royal penguin” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Royal_penguin&oldid=1384264323), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the royal penguin endangered?

The royal penguin is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the royal penguin classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderSphenisciformes
  5. familySpheniscidae
  6. genusEudyptes
  7. SpeciesEudyptes schlegeli Finsch, 1876

Synonyms Catadyptes chrysolophus redimitus, Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • بطريق ملكيArabic
  • Качулат пингвинBulgarian
  • Mank SchlegelBreton
  • pingüí de SchlegelCatalan
  • tučňák královskýCzech
  • pengwin Ynys MacquarieWelsh
  • Hvidkindet PingvinDanish
  • HaubenpinguinGerman
  • SchlegelpinguinGerman
  • blankvanga pingvenoEsperanto
  • Pingüino RealSpanish
  • Pingüino de SchlegelSpanish
  • tanupingviinEstonian
  • macquarienpingviiniFinnish
  • Gorfou de SchlegelFrench
  • makvorijski pingvinCroatian
  • Royal-pingvinHungarian
  • Pinguino realeItalian
  • Eudipte della Nuova ZelandaItalian
  • Pinguino reale dal ciuffo doratoItalian
  • ロイヤルペンギンJapanese
  • Šlėgelio kuoduotasis pingvinasLithuanian
  • schlegel-pinguïnDutch
  • Schlegels PinguïnDutch
  • hvitkinnpingvinNorwegian
  • pingwin krótkoczubyPolish
  • pinguim-realPortuguese
  • Пинвин ШлегеляRussian
  • Пингвин МаккуориRussian
  • Пингвин ШлегеляRussian
  • tučniak bielolíciSlovak
  • Šlegelov pingvinSerbian
  • Макворијски пингвинSerbian
  • vitkindad pingvinSwedish
  • Ak Yüzlü PenguenTurkish
  • Пінгвін ШлегеляUkrainian
  • пінгвін білогорлийUkrainian
  • 皇家企鵝Chinese
  • 白颊黄眉企鹅Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the royal penguin?

An adult royal penguin weighs 4.24 kg – 4.71 kg, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the royal penguin live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the royal penguin for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the royal penguin endangered?

The royal penguin is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the royal penguin?

The royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) belongs to the family Spheniscidae in the order Sphenisciformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/royal-penguin

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BibTeX
@misc{royal_penguin_2026,
  title = {Royal penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/royal-penguin},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}