Happy Penguin Awareness Day!!
Penguins are my favorite animal in the world. Like many, I am consistently be made happy; by the fact that they waddle around looking like they’re wearing tuxedos. I even got to meet one in 2016:
Unfortunately, varied factors such as climate change; affecting and endangering penguins and their habitats. Not just in Antarctica, either; penguins appear in a variety of locations in the southern part of the planet, and different species are under different levels of threat. These followings are species of penguin that are considered endangered:
Key.
EN– Endangered
CR– Critically Endangered
Northern Rockhopper Penguin
The Northern Rockhopper Penguin is distinct from its southern cousins and is native to the southern Indian and Atlantic Oceans; the population of this species has decreased dramatically since the 1950s.
Conservation Status: EN
Erect-Crested Penguin
This species is endemic to the New Zealand region and only breeds on the Bounty and Antipodes Islands.
Conservation Status: EN
The Yellow-eyed Penguin
Also known as hoiho or tarakaka; this species of penguin is endemic to New Zealand. It’s usually breeds along the coasts of the Southern Island. in conjunction to it; they also breeds as well on Stewart Island, Auckland Islands, and Campbell Islands. It is mainly piscivorous, meaning it is a carnivorous animal that mainly eats fish.
Conservation Status: EN
African Penguin
This species can be spotted around southern part of African waters. These penguins can be spotted in South Africa; Namibia; Angola; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Gabon; and Mozambique.
Conservation Status: EN
Galapagos Penguin
This penguin is endemic to the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador; it is the only penguin species that found in northern part of the equator. Most inhabit Fernandina Island and Isabela Island; and able to survive in a tropical latitude. In sum, this happen because of the cool-tempratured waters of the Humboldt and Cromwell Currents.
Conservation Status: EN
There are many more species of penguins to discover, all over the south of the planet.
