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Snares Penguin
Eudyptes robustusOliver, 1953
- Order
- SPHENISCIFORMES
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Eudyptes
At a glance
The Snares Penguin, listed as Vulnerable.
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Origin
- Vagrant
- Commonness
- Rare
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Snares penguin, also known as the Snares crested penguin and the Snares Islands penguin, is a penguin from New Zealand. The species breeds on the Snares Islands, a group of islands off the southern coast of the South Island. It is a yellow-crested penguin, with a size of 50–70 cm (19.5–27.5 in) and a weight of 2.5–4 kg (5.5–8.8 lb). It has dark blue-black upper parts and white underparts. It has a bright yellow eyebrow-stripe which extends over the eye to form a drooping, bushy crest. It has bare pink skin at the base of its large red-brown bill.
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