Birds of the World

Spheniscidae : Penguins

Yellow-eyed Penguin

Megadyptes antipodes

South Island, New Zealand - November 2005

With an estimated world population of only about 4000 birds, the Yellow-eyed Penguin is the world's rarest penguin. It is endemic to southern New Zealand with breeding colonies on Stewart Island, Auckland Island, Campbell Island and southern South Island.

South Island, New Zealand - November 2005


South Island, New Zealand - November 2005