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The Fiordland penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), also known as the Fiordland crested penguin (in Māori, tawaki or pokotiwha), is a crested penguin species endemic to New Zealand. It currently breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand 's South Island as well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura and its outlying islands. [ 2 ]
Penguins are a group of aquatic flightless birds from the family Spheniscidae (/ s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ɪ d iː,-d aɪ /) of the order Sphenisciformes (/ s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ə f ɔːr m iː z /). [4] They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator.
Sphenisciformes (from the Latin for "wedge-shaped") is the taxonomic order to which the penguins belong. BirdLife International has assessed 18 species. 16 (89% of total species) have had their population estimated: those missing are the king and little penguins, both of which have been assessed as being of least concern. [1] [2]
Emperor penguins live in large colonies of up to 5,000 penguins at times. The colonies can be so large that sometimes they can be seen from space. Experts believe the largest colony has up to ...
South America and subantarctic islands in the Indian Ocean and New Zealand VU 2,500,000 [21] Fiordland penguin. E. pachyrhynchus Gray, G. R., 1845: New Zealand NT 12,500–50,000 [22] Snares penguin. E. robustus Oliver, 1953: Snares Islands VU 63,000 [23] Erect-crested penguin. E. sclateri Buller, 1888: Bounty and Antipodes Islands EN 150,000 [24]
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Emperor penguins inhabit the compacted ice along the coast of Antarctica with some colonies established up to 11 miles inland. Unlike a number of other penguin species that may visit the continent ...
Back on November 1st, an Emperor penguin was found on a popular beach in Australia, 2,100 miles away from his home in Antarctica. The video shocked people and left us all wondering how in the ...