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Story: Penguins

All images and media

From page 1 - New Zealand’s penguins

Penguin Slope, Snares Islands/Tini Heke

Penguin Slope, Snares Islands/Tini Heke

From wings to flippers

From wings to flippers

Movement underwater

Movement underwater

Penguins of the New Zealand region

Penguins of the New Zealand region

From page 2 - Body shape

Body shape

Southern penguin

Southern penguin

Predatory skua

From page 3 - Life on land

Movement on land

Movement on land

Nest in a burrow

Nest in a burrow (1st of 3)

Nests, Snares Islands

Nests, Snares Islands (2nd of 3)

Erect-crested penguin

Erect-crested penguin (3rd of 3)

Feeding the chick

Feeding the chick

From page 4 - Conservation

Penguin pelts

Penguins killed by dogs

Penguins killed by dogs

Research

Yellow-eyed penguins: Otapahi

Yellow-eyed penguins: Otapahi (1st of 2)

Yellow-eyed penguins: Sandfly Bay

Yellow-eyed penguins: Sandfly Bay (2nd of 2)

From page 5 - The penguin history of New Zealand

First penguin fossil discovery

First penguin fossil discovery

Fossilised penguin bones

Fossilised penguin bones

Extinct penguin reconstruction

Extinct penguin reconstruction

Porpoising

From page 6 - Little and yellow-eyed penguins

New Zealand’s penguin species

New Zealand’s penguin species

Little penguin

Making nest boxes

Making nest boxes

Yellow-eyed penguin nesting

Yellow-eyed penguin nesting

From page 7 - Crested penguins

Marine cadets, Bounty Islands

Marine cadets, Bounty Islands

Snares crested penguin

Snares crested penguin (1st of 2)

Erect-crested penguin eggs

Erect-crested penguin eggs (2nd of 2)

Fiordland crested penguins

Fiordland crested penguins

Snares crested penguins

Snares crested penguins

Erect-crested penguins preening

Erect-crested penguins preening

Eastern rockhopper penguin

Eastern rockhopper penguin

From page 8 - Penguins of New Zealand Antarctica

Adélie penguin and chicks

Adélie penguin and chicks

Chinstrap penguin

Chinstrap penguin

Emperor penguins

Emperor penguins

Happy Feet departs

Happy Feet departs

How to cite this page:

Lloyd Spencer Davis, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/penguins/media (accessed 2 October 2023)

Story by Lloyd Spencer Davis, published 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 11 Jul 2016