Rockhopper

Rockhopper Penguin riya and rehaan

Characteristics: Rockhoppers have a crest that is yellow. They weigh 2.5 kg (male) and 2.4kg (female). Their world population is3,500.

Habitat: Rockhoppers live on most islands in the arctic region. There are major colonies on the falkland islands inArgentina.

Food: They eat ,squid, krill, and other small fish also crab. Predators: There predators are leopard seals and killer whales.

Babies: The male and female guard their eggs known as the baby.When the baby gets older it huddles with other chicks tobe warm.

Other Interesting Facts: Rockhopper penguins are in a family called the crested penguins.They are similar to macaroni penguins. Future: The large scale decline in rockhopper penguins populations has been of such magnitude as to justify treating the speciesas globally threatened according to the new IUCN criteria.