Galápagos Little Blue (Fairy) Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus minor

Size: 21in and 5-6lbs. Size: 16in and 2lbs. Characteristics: Blackish-grey upper-parts Characteristics: They have slate-blue and whitish underparts, with two black bands to black feathers and a white chin and chest. across the breast. No feathers on feet Smallest penguin Location: Galápagos Islands and off Location: Southern Australia and New the coast of Ecuador on the equator Zealand Population: 1,000 breeding pairs Population: 350,000 breeding pairs Diet: Diet: Fish Life Span: 15-20 years Life Span: 15-20 years Predators: of prey, cats, dogs, rats, Predators: Fur seals, sea lions, killer sharks, seals and sea lions. whales, foxes,dogs, and cats. Eggs Status: Endangered Species and chicks fall prey to rats, weasels, stoats, snakes and lizards. Status: Least Concern Species

Yellow-Eyed Penguin Snares Island Penguin antipodes Eudyptes robustus

Size: 30in and 14lbs. Size: 25in and 6-7lbs. Characteristics: Pale yellow eyes Characteristics: Dark blue-black and and their head is pale yellow. A bright white. Bright yellow eyebrow-stripe with yellow band extends from their eyes crest of yellow feathers. Bare pink skin at around the back of the head the base of red-brown bill Location: Southeast New Zealand Location: Snares Island in New Population: 2,240 breeding pairs Zealand Diet: Fish and Population: 30,000 breeding pairs Life Span: 15-20 years Diet: , squid, and fish Predators: Dogs, wild cats, ferrets, Life Span: 15-20 years stoats, sea lions Predators: Sea lions, but eggs and Status: Endangered Species chicks are preyed upon by brown skuas and giant petrels. Status: Vulnerable Species forsteri Eudyptes chrysolophus

Size: 44in and 60-90lbs. Size: 20-24in and 10lbs. Characteristics: has a black head with broad Characteristics: have red eyes yellow patches on each side of the head. and they have yellow plumes of Largest penguin species. feathers that extend from the side of Location: the head and backward Population: 100,000 breeding pairs Location: Sub-Antarctic Islands of Diet: Fish, squid, and krill Antarctica Life Span: 20-25 years Population: 9,000,000 breeding pairs Predators: Leopard seals, killer whales. Diet: Fish, squid and krill Skuas and giant petrels eat eggs and Life Span: 15-20 years chicks only. Predators: Leopard seals, fur seals. Eggs Status: Least Concern Species but and chicks are preyed upon by skuas, highly sensitive to climate change gulls, petrels. Status: Vulnerable Species

Chinstrap Penguin Adélie Penguin antarctica Pygoscelis adeliae

Size: 18-24in and 9lbs. Size: 18-24in and 9lbs. Characteristics: has a black head with Characteristics: has a black head with a black line under their chin that looks like a white ring around their eyes. One of the a strap. One of the brush-tail . brush-tail penguins. Location: Antarctica and Sub-Antarctic Location: Antarctica waters Population: 2.5 million breeding pairs Population: 8,000,000 breeding pairs Diet: Krill and fish Diet: Krill and fish Life Span: 15-20 years Life Span: 15-20 years Predators: Leopards seals. Eggs and Predators: Leopards seals. Eggs and chicks preyed on by skuas, sheathbills, chicks preyed on by skuas, sheathbills, gulls and giant petrels. gulls and giant petrels. Status: Least Concern Species Status: Least Concern Species Pygoscelis papua Eudyptes schlegeli

Size: 24-30in and 12-14lbs. Size: 26-30in and 12lbs. Characteristics: has white band that goes Characteristics: beak is orange-red in color over the head from one eye to the other. and they have a yellow, orange and black They also have orange-red bills. One of the crest on their head. brush-tail penguins. Location: Macquarie Island Location: Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic Population: 851,000 breeding pairs waters avoids ice packs Diet: Krill, fish, and squid Population: 317,000 breeding pairs Life Span: 15-20 years Diet: Krill, squid, and fish Predators: Fur seal, leopard seals. Eggs Life Span: 15-20 years and chicks preyed on by rats, skuas, Predators: Leopards seals. Eggs and sheathbills, gulls and giant petrels. chicks preyed on by skuas, sheathbills, Status: Vulnerable Species gulls and giant petrels. Status: Near Threatened Species

African Penguin Erect- Spheniscus demersus Eudyptes sclateri

Size: 24-28in and 7lbs. Size: 25in and 6-8lbs. Characteristics: One black band that Characteristics: Bluish-black and white. goes across the chest and has black spots Bright yellow eyebrow-stripe which on their chest. There is also a bare pink extends to form a short, erect feather patch of skin above the eyes. crest. Location: South Africa Location: Bounty and Antipodes Population: 180,000 individuals Islands in New Zealand Diet: Anchovies, sardines and other Population: 57,000 breeding pairs , krill and squid. Diet: Krill, fish and squid Life Span: 15-20 years Life Span: 15-20 years Predators: Sharks and fur seals. On Predators: Fur seal. Eggs and chicks land their eggs and chicks fall prey to preyed on by skuas. mongoose, cats, dogs and gulls. Status: Endangered Species Status: Vulnerable Species Fiordland Crested Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus Eudyptes pachyrhynchus

Size: 28-30in and 9-13lbs. Size: 24in and 6-7lbs. Characteristics: Black, horseshoe shaped Characteristics: Orange/yellow band that band on their front and a thick white band runs from the base of their beak, over that runs under their chin to the top of their their eye and droops down at the back of beak their head. On their cheeks they have Location: South America white streaks of feathers Population: 1,300,000 breeding pairs Location: New Zealand Diet: Fish, squid and crustaceans Population: 3,000 breeding pairs Life Span: 20-25 years Diet: Fish, squid, and krill Predators: Sea lions and their chicks are Life Span: 10-20 years preyed upon by gulls and skuas. Predators: Dogs, cats, ferrets, stoats, Status: Neat Threatened Species rats, and fur seals Status: Vulnerable Species

Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome Spheniscus humboldti

Size: 16-18in and 5-6lbs. Size: 22-26in and 9lbs. Characteristics: Yellow line along their Characteristics: Black, horseshoe shaped brow which extends to a feathery crest. band on their front and a white stripe on their They have small red eyes and a orange head and bare patch that is pink or red colored beak. around the eye and bill. Location: Sub-Antarctic Location: South America Population: 3,670,000 breeding pairs Population: 10,000 breeding pairs Diet: Small fish, squid, krill Diet: Anchovetta (small fish) Life Span: 10-20 years Life Span: 15-20 years Predators: Fur seals and Leopard seals. Predators: Foxes, fur seals, sharks. Eggs and chicks fall prey to skuas, Eggs and chicks fall prey to foxes, petrels, and gulls. cats, dogs, gulls and hawks. Status: Vulnerable Species Status: Vulnerable Species Aptenodytes patagonicus

Size: 37in and 30-35lbs. Characteristics: Black head, chin, and throat, with vivid orange, tear-shaped patches on each side of the head. The orange coloration extends to the upper chest Location: Sub-Antarctic Islands Population: 2,000,000 breeding pairs Diet: Squid and fish Life Span: 15-20 years Predators: Leopard seals. Chicks and eggs are preyed on by sheathbills, skuas and giant petrels. Status: Least Concern Species