yellow-eyed penguin, hoiho (Megadyptes antipodes)

yellow-eyed penguin, hoiho (Megadyptes antipodes)

A Yellow-eyed Penguin, Megadyptes antipodes in the Curio Bay, New Zealand.

Description
Megadyptes antipodes
Deutsch: Ein Gelbaugenpinguin, Megadyptes antipodes in der Curio Bay, Neuseeland.
English: A Yellow-eyed Penguin, Megadyptes antipodes in the Curio Bay, New Zealand.
Date 23 February 2008
Author Christian Mehlführer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Chmehl
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow-eyed_Penguin_MC.jpg

The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) or hoiho is a penguin native to New Zealand. Previously thought closely related to the little penguin (Eudyptula minor), molecular research has shown it more closely related to penguins of the genus Eudyptes. Like most other penguins, it is mainly piscivorous. Order: Sphenisciformes, Family: Spheniscidae, Genus: Megadyptes, Species: Megadyptes antipodes.


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Description		yellow-eyed penguin, hoiho (Megadyptes antipodes) A Yellow-eyed Penguin, Megadyptes antipodes in the Curio Bay, New Zealand. Description Megadyptes antipodes Deutsch: Ein Gelbaugenpinguin, Megadyptes antipodes in der Curio Bay, Neuseeland. English: A Yellow-eyed Penguin, Megadyptes antipodes in the Curio Bay, New Zealand. Date 23 February 2008 Author Christian Mehlführer, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Chmehl Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yellow-eyed_Penguin_MC.jpg The yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) or hoiho is a penguin native to New Zealand. Previously thought closely related to the little penguin (Eudyptula minor), molecular research has shown it more closely related to penguins of the genus Eudyptes. Like most other penguins, it is mainly piscivorous. Order: Sphenisciformes, Family: Spheniscidae, Genus: Megadyptes, Species: Megadyptes antipodes.

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