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The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. It is the only penguin found in the Old World. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults ...
5000 breeding pairs in Namibia & 21 000 in South Africa. [14] Snares penguin: Eudyptes robustus: 93 000 [15] VU [15] [15] Erect-crested penguin: Eudyptes sclateri: 195 000 – 210 000 [16] EN [16] [16] Population breeds in two locations: the Bounty Islands (26 000 pairs), & the Antipodes Islands (41 000 pairs). [16] Northern rockhopper penguin ...
The Humboldt penguin and the cold water current it swims in both are named after the explorer Alexander von Humboldt. The species is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN with no population recovery plan in place. [4] The current wild population is composed of roughly 23,800 mature individuals and is declining. [1] It is a migrant species. [5]
IUCN status and estimated population Macaroni penguin. E. chrysolophus (Brandt, J. F., 1837) Antarctic Peninsula, South America, and subantarctic islands in South Atlantic and Indian Oceans VU 6,300,000 breeding pairs [18] Royal penguin. E. schlegeli Finsch, 1876: Macquarie Island and nearby islands LC 1,340,000–1,660,000 [19] Northern ...
The African penguin joins the list of species said to be threatened by climate change - and overfishing. Researchers from the UK and South Africa say penguin numbers in the Benguela upwelling ...
Maryland Zoo's "Mr. Greedy" died this week after fathering 230 penguins and helping rebuild the species' population in zoos across North America, ... of African penguins in North America and has ...
The population's modern history peaked in 1993, when 63,000 penguins lived there. [2] The population is in decline, following the national and species' trend despite the best efforts of conservation group SANCCOB. [3] In 2019, the penguins of St. Croix island were impacted by an oil spill at the Port of Ngqura. [4]
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