Humboldt/Pink-cheeked Penguin Spheniscus humboldti
Humboldt Penguins, also called Pink-cheeked or Peruvian, live on the southwest coast of South America off Peru and Chile where the Humboldt current flows.
They have a large, bare, pink patch on the face and mottled black feet. The spots on their fronts are as individual as our fingerprints.
Skittle.
Their strong wings are good paddles for swimming.
Unfortunately for him, penguins lost the ability to fly.
"Flying" underwater.
Flying above water!
Flying above water!
Or did they? Humboldt penguins "flying"!
Humboldt penguins swimming.
Humboldt Penguins are "red listed" and vulnerable. Their nesting sites are destroyed for mining "guano" fertiliser.
Juvenile Humboldts.