Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Chinstrap penguin. Penguins are birds in the family Spheniscidae in the monotypic order Sphenisciformes. [1] They inhabit high-productivity marine habitats, almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere; the only species to occur north of the Equator is the Galapagos penguin.
Approximately 494,500 breeding pairs are thought to live on the island, 500 of which are king penguins. [1] Five other species have been recorded, but do not have a breeding population. [ 4 ] The largest breeding population of black-browed albatross is found on the islands, [ 1 ] making up over 80% of the world's black-browed albatross ...
Snares penguins nest in dense colonies under the tree cover of the Olearia forests or on coastal rocks. [6] To build a nest, the penguins dig up shallow holes in the ground and layer the bottom with grass, leaves, twigs, peat, or pebbles. [5] A small rim of mud is added to the rim of the nest to raise it above ground level. [3]
Magellanic penguin on Argentina's coast Skeleton of a Magellanic penguin. Magellanic penguins are medium-sized penguins which grow to be 61–76 cm (24–30 in) tall and weigh between 2.7 and 6.5 kg (6.0 and 14.3 lb). [3] The males are larger than the females, and the weight of both drops while the parents raise their young.
The yellow-eyed penguin was first described by Jacques Bernard Hombron and Honoré Jacquinot in 1841.. The yellow-eyed penguin is the sole species in the genus Megadyptes.It was previously thought closely related to the little penguin but new molecular research has shown it is more closely related to penguins of the genus Eudyptes.
Humboldt penguins are medium-sized penguins, growing to 56–70 cm (22–28 in) long and a weight of 2.9 to 6 kg (6.4 to 13.2 lb). [10] [11] [12] The sex of the Humboldt penguin cannot be recognised via differences in plumage, as they are monomorphic.