Yellow-eyed Penguin - adult hopping over rocks

Yellow-eyed Penguin - adult hopping over rocks to cover the distance from the ocean to its nest hidden in the coastal vegetation (Megadyptes antipodes). Curio Bay, Catlins, South Island, New Zealand. The Yellow-eyed penguin is endemic to New Zealand and hence the rarest penguin in the world. They are endangered because of loss of breeding habitat which is mainly transformed to farmland

Antipodes Cover Distance Eyed Hidden Hopping Leaping Megadyptes

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