Penguin (Penguins)
Snares Penguin
Eudyptes robustus
- langka
- 8 km/h
- Rentan
Breeds only on the tiny Snares Islands, 200km off New Zealand. Its entire range fits on a single city block.
- Populasi
- ~25,000-30,000 breeding pairs (~63,000 mature individuals)
- Habitat
- Dense breeding colonies on rocky coastal terraces beneath tall forest and scrub canopy (e.g. Olearia lyallii, tussock grass) on subantarctic islands; forages in surrounding cold subantarctic ocean waters
- Fakta menarik
- The Snares Penguin breeds nowhere on Earth except the tiny, uninhabited Snares Islands off New Zealand, nesting in colonies tucked beneath dense forest canopy rather than in the open.
- Sebaran
- Endemic breeder to the Snares Islands (Tini Heke), a small uninhabited island group ~200 km south of New Zealand's South Island; non-breeding wanderers occasionally recorded off Tasmania, southern Australia, Stewart Island, Chatham Islands, and mainland New Zealand
- Makanan
- Mainly krill (especially Nyctiphanes australis, roughly 55-60% of diet by mass), supplemented by small fish (~24-30%) and cephalopods/squid (~10-21%)
- Ukuran
- 0,55 m
- Masa hidup
- 17,5 tahun
