NEW ZEALAND PENGUINS..!
THE NEW ZEALAND PENGUINS :
YELLOW - EYED PENGUIN
Hoiho - the noisy penguin
The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) ihs only found in New Zealand is one of the rarest of our penguins. They live and breed around the south-east coast of the South island, on Stewart island and in the sub-antarctic Auckland and Campbell islands. They are known to Maori as Hoiho.
Physical characteristics
Standing 65 cm tall and weighing 5 to 6 kg, the yellow-eyed is the fourth largest of the worlds penguins. The distinguishing feature of the yellow-eyed penguin is its distinctive yellow eye and bright yellow stripe that runs through the eye and around the back of the head. Both sexes are alike, although the male does have slightly larger head and feet.
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