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= Yellow-Eyed Penguin﻿ = = ﻿﻿﻿Errington and Kelsi = = = = =

Characteristics
The yellow eyed penguins have a band of feathers going from the bill circling going from the eyes up and around. It is 14 lbs and 17 cm. When it is a chick it has bright pink feet. = =

Habitat
The yellow eyed penguin lives on the coast of New Zealand. It is the rarest of all due to the deforestation of penguins on the New Zealand coastline. And the introduction of new preadatory species to the island.

food/prey
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The yellow eyed penguin's predators are wild cats, ferrets, stoats, and dogs usually kill the adult yellow eyed penguins.

babies
Nest are selected in August and two eggs are usually laid in September.The incubation duties are shared by both the parents.The chicks are guarded during the day by one parent when the other is out at sea.

interesting facts
In New Zealand they call the yellow eyed penguin 'hokie'. The population of yellow eyed penguins are estimated to be about 2,000 breeding pairs. There are no yellow eyed penguin in captivity however.

future
Maroia Moa hunters burned large areas of grassland. They are threatned species which means there are not many of them. The yellow eyed penguins future looks like it will be in danger. media type="file" key="errington-penguin.MOV"media type="file" key="kelsi-penguin.MOV" align="right"