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rockhopper penguin, either of two species of crested penguins (genus Eudyptes, order Sphenisciformes) characterized by its red eyes, a relatively thin stripe of upright yellow feathers extending from the bill to the back of the head above each eye (the superciliary stripe), and a crest of black feathers that stands upright on the top of the head. Rockhopper penguins were once part of a single species, E. chrysocome, which was separated into three subspecies—a northern...

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