Humboldt Penguin
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Humboldt Penguin
At the Milwaukee
County Zoological Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Sphenisciformes
Family:
Spheniscidae
Genus:
Spheniscus
Species:
S. humboldti
Binomial name
Spheniscus humboldti
Meyen,
1834
The Humboldt Penguin
(Spheniscus humboldti) is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Peru
and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Magellanic
Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin. The penguin is named after Alexander von
Humboldt, a naturalist and explorer who first described the animal to western
observers.
Humboldt Penguins are
medium-sized, black and white penguins, growing 65-70 cm tall. They have a
black head with a white border running from behind the eye, around the black ear-coverts
and chin, to join on the throat. They have blackish-grey upperparts and whitish
underparts, with a black breast-band extending down the flanks to the thigh. They
have a fleshy-pink base to the bill. Juveniles have dark heads and no
breast-band.
This penguin nests on islands
and rocky coasts, burrowing holes in guano and sometimes using scrapes or caves.
The current status of this
penguin is vulnerable, due to a declining population caused in part by over-fishing.
Historically it was the victim of guano over-exploitation. The current
population is estimated at between 3,300 and 12,000.
Wikipedia
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The Humboldt Penguin
(Spheniscus humboldti) is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Peru
and Chile. Its nearest relatives are the African Penguin, the Magellanic
Penguin and the Galápagos Penguin. The penguin is named after Alexander von
Humboldt, a naturalist and explorer who first described the animal to western
observers.
Humboldt Penguins are
medium-sized, black and white penguins, growing 65-70 cm tall. They have a
black head with a white border running from behind the eye, around the black ear-coverts
and chin, to join on the throat. They have blackish-grey upperparts and whitish
underparts, with a black breast-band extending down the flanks to the thigh. They
have a fleshy-pink base to the bill. Juveniles have dark heads and no
breast-band.
This penguin nests on islands
and rocky coasts, burrowing holes in guano and sometimes using scrapes or caves.
The current status of this
penguin is vulnerable, due to a declining population caused in part by over-fishing.
Historically it was the victim of guano over-exploitation. The current
population is estimated at between 3,300 and 12,000.