2979 x 4388 px | 25,2 x 37,2 cm | 9,9 x 14,6 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
3. September 2013
Ort:
Khight's Point, Haast, South Island, New Zealand
Weitere Informationen:
Fiordland crested penguins are endemic to New Zealand, breeding in small colonies on inaccessible headlands and islets along the shores of south-western South Island and Stewart Island. They can be seen and heard on landing beaches during July – December. Populations have declined considerably in range and numbers since human arrival. Immediate threats include fisheries bycatch, introduced predators, and human disturbance. These penguins present one of biology’s great unsolved mysteries. They are known as obligate brood reducers – they lay two eggs but only fledge a single chick. Furthermore, the second egg is much bigger than the first, and it is usually from this that the successful chick hatches.
