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Snares crested penguin

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Snares crested penguin

When all is calm, crested penguins’ crests lie flat as seen here. When the penguins are excited, their crests behave in different ways according to the species: standing erect in a fan (erect-crested); sticking out sideways (rockhopper); or flicked out at the back (Snares and Fiordland crested penguins).

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Lloyd Spencer Davis, Penguins – Crested penguins, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6408/snares-crested-penguin (accessed 8 June 2026).

Story by Lloyd Spencer Davis, published 2 March 2009.