What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin been recorded?

Eudyptes moseleyi occurrence evidence comes from 6 records in 2 countries and territories, from 1989 to 1989. Most records come from United States.

Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin — Photo (display-sized rendition): Arjan Haverkamp · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesSphenisciformesSpheniscidaeEudyptes

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

6 records across 2 countries and territories, 1989–1989.

Eudyptes moseleyi · GBIF taxon key 4352338

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: July.

1 month reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

historical describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

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When it is recorded

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Peak month: July. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
United States 4
Saint Helena 2

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Record pattern: historical
Historical records with no recent record in the covered source. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.