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Yellow-Eyed Penguin Pictures Showing this Penguin with Unusual Cat-like eyes |
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Unlike many penguins that breed in large aggregations, yellow-eyed penguins, Megadyptes antipodes, prefer to be out of sight from each other when they nest. As a result, they nest in forests and choose nesting sites that are concealed by vegetation. They may travel as far as a kilometer from the coast to find a suitable nesting site. They are very vulnerable to predators on New Zealand's South Island, so the most successful breeding areas are the outer islands where there are fewer land predators.
There are about 4,000-5,000 of these penguins today, with an estimated breeding population of 1500 pairs. They are listed as Endangered by the IUCN Red List, and they are especially vulnerable to habitat loss, as they often nest inland, far from shore. Because the yellow-eyed penguin has such a limited range, it is particularly at risk from disease. In 2004, a bacteria decimated 60% of the yellow-eyed chicks on the Otago Peninsula.
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Picture of a yellow eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, endangered, Enderby Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 069098 |
Stock photo of yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062068 |
Picture of a yellow-eyed penguins, Megadyptes antipodes, endangered and endemic, Enderby Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062069 |
Picture of a yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, New Zealand, endemic to New Zealand
Picture #: 062300 |
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Picture of a yellow eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Maori: hoiho, endangered, endemic, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean.
Picture #: 082233 |
Stock photo of yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, Auckland Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062085 |
Picture of a yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, juvenile, returning to nest in dense coastal Rata forests, Enderby Island, Auckland Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 009403 |
Picture of a yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062125 |
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Picture of a yellow eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, adult in den with concealed chick in background, Enderby Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062128 |
Stock photo of yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062298 |
Picture of a yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062127 |
Picture of a yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Otago Peninsula, New Zealand, South Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 082235 |
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Picture of a yellow eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, returning to nest in dense coastal Rata forests, Enderby Island, Auckland Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 009407 |
Stock photo of yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, New Zealand, endemic to New Zealand
Picture #: 062301 |
Picture of a yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, in forest, Enderby Island, Auckland Island, New Zealand
Picture #: 062299 |
Picture of yellow-eyed penguin, Megadyptes antipodes, Enderby Island, Auckland Island, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean
Picture #: 062129 |
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