sp-peruvian-penguin

=Peculiar Peruvian Penguin =

Scientific Name:
Spheniscus humbodlti

Physical description:
white mark circling above each eye and forward around the neck thick upside down horseshoe shape on chest look like the [|African Penguin] but are shorter and have longer flippers white front brownish-black and black head

Size:
24 inches tall 6 1/2 - 11 pounds

Average lifespan:
15 - 20 Yrs (Wild) Up to 30 Yrs (in Captivity)

**Habitat:**
rugged coast cliffs

Range:
rugged coast and off shore islands of Chile and Peru

Diet:
fish anchovies herring smelt

Behavior & adaptations to its way of life:
<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 255);">do not migrate live in large communities

<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); background-color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">How it reproduces:
<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0);">nests - Well dug burrows eggs - female lays two eggs not much known about breeding habits media type="youtube" key="dL5W-HEE3bM" height="344" width="425"

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 81); background-color: rgb(0, 187, 255);">Relationship to other animals (predator/prey, parasite, etc.):
<span style="color: rgb(0, 187, 255);">Social predator and prey penguin predators are: gulls, vultures, caracaras, foxes, pinipeds, cetaceans, and man made hazards

<span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 128); background-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Relationship to people:
droppings used for fertilizer mining the droppings is hurting the penguins habitat

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 81); background-color: rgb(128, 128, 0);">History:
<span style="color: rgb(128, 128, 0);">lived undisturbed for 1000s of years

<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); background-color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">Status:
<span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">vulnerable only 10,000 birds in wild today

<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 128); background-color: rgb(64, 246, 44);">Other interesting information:
<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0);">life cycle has not been closely observed media type="youtube" key="DMJvhAh7srQ" height="344" width="425"

<span style="color: rgb(0, 255, 0); background-color: rgb(177, 169, 169);">Citations:
[|www.animalcorner.com] []