Home › Entities › taxon › Royal Penguin

Royal Penguin

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q745262
Royal Penguin
M. Murphy · Public Domain · Wikimedia
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Royal Penguin

Summary

Royal Penguin is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (545 views/month, #1,339 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Royal Penguin's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Royal Penguin is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Royal Penguin's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Royal Penguin belongs to the parent taxon Eudyptes[6].
  • Royal Penguin is endemic to Macquarie Island[7].
  • Royal Penguin's scientific name is Eudyptes schlegeli[8].
  • Royal Penguin's Commons category is recorded as Eudyptes schlegeli[9].
  • Royal Penguin's Commons gallery is recorded as Eudyptes schlegeli[10].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'pengwin Ynys Macquarie'}[11].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Royal Penguin'}[12].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Haubenpinguin'}[13].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pingüino de Schlegel'}[14].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'pingüí de Schlegel'}[15].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'tučňák královský'}[16].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'tanupingviin'}[17].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Hvitkinnpingvin'}[18].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Пингвин Шлегеля'}[19].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ロイヤルペンギン'}[20].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Hvidkindet Pingvin'}[21].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'macquarienpingviini'}[22].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'Royal-pingvin'}[23].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'pingwin krótkoczuby'}[24].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'tučniak bielolíci'}[25].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'vitkindad pingvin'}[26].
  • Royal Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Schlegels Pinguïn'}[27].

Body

Classification

Royal Penguin's scientific name is Eudyptes schlegeli[8]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Eudyptes[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'pengwin Ynys Macquarie'}[11], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[12], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Haubenpinguin'}[13], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pingüino de Schlegel'}[14], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'pingüí de Schlegel'}[15], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'tučňák královský'}[16].

Distribution

Royal Penguin is endemic to Macquarie Island[7].

Identifiers

Royal Penguin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3824[28]. Royal Penguin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 57240[29]. Royal Penguin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45512085[30]. Royal Penguin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481641[31]. Royal Penguin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 559998[32].

Why It Matters

Royal Penguin ranks in the top 0.69% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (545 views/month, #1,339 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

Macquarie Island

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Royal Penguin. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-penguin
MLA “Royal Penguin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-penguin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_royal-penguin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Royal Penguin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-penguin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Royal Penguin — https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-penguin (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/royal-penguin · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Litter size → {'amount': '+2'}
    Nztcs conservation status → vagrant
    Parent taxon → Eudyptes
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007581420805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.