Northern rockhopper penguin Island in the south Atlantic Ocean. The rockhopper penguin was split into three distinct subspecies in 1992; the southern, ("E. c. chrysocome"), eastern ("E. c. filholi") and northern rockhopper penguin ("E. c. moseleyi"). The three subspecies are distinguished by differences in the length of the tassels of the crests, the size and colour of the fleshy margin of the gape, colour pattern on the underside of the flipper and differences in the size of the supercilliary stripe in front of the eye. Additionally, the northern rockhopper penguin is larger than the other two subspecies. Proof that the three subspecies were
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