Penguin breeds

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Spheniscus demersus, African Penguin. A pudgy, flightless, black-and-white seabird found along the coast of South Africa and Namibia. Extremely ungainly on land but a supreme swimmer in the open ocean, where individuals dive down as far as 60 m. It is a pursuit diver and feeds primarily on fish and squid, and also on crustaceans, primarily krills and shrimps. It breeds in colonies and pairs return to the same site each year. Call is a repeated, donkey-like braying: “haaaaaaahh, haaaaaaahh”.

The six species in the top half of this chart breed on New Zealand’s mainland or offshore islands. Four of these are endemic, found nowhere else – the yellow-eyed, Fiordland crested, Snares crested and erect-crested penguins. The remaining three species breed in the region of ...

Eudyptes schlegeli, Royal Penguin. The largest crested penguin, with a diagnostic whitish face. Only breeds on Macquarie Island; occasionally seen off of New Zealand’s subantarctic islands. Note bright yellow, orange, and black plumes. Easily distinguished from Macaroni Penguin by whitish face, and from Chinstrap Penguin by crests. Like most seabirds they are colonial, nesting in scrapes on the ground up to a mile inland. They feed on krill, small fish, and small amounts of squid.

compare types of penguins - average height, where they're found, if they like warm/cold weather

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Eudyptes chrysolophus, Macaroni Penguin. Breeds in noisy colonies on rocky islands, across a wide area of the Subantarctic and the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. The most abundant species of penguin, with a minimum of 11,841,600 pairs worldwide. The diet consists of a variety of crustaceans, squid and fish. Krill, particularly Antarctic krill, account for over 90% of food during breeding season. Foraging for food is conducted on a daily basis, from dawn to dusk when they have chicks to…

A set of my own hand-illustrated watercolor penguin flashcards each card features a penguin illustration and their common name - there are 12 penguins in the set and matching is a poster featuring all 12 penguins.To create a tactile finished item I highly recommend printing onto high-quality paper, I like to use watercolor paper as this also allows the children to add their own paintings to the pages they create and means that every piece looks and feels like an original painting.

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