| BREEDS IN NEW ZEALAND | |
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| Little penguin |
Eastern rockhopper penguin |
| Eudyptula minor Length: 40 cm Weight: 1 kg Home range: New Zealand and southern Australia |
Eudyptes filholi Length: 61 cm Weight: 2.5 kg Home range: Subantarctic islands in the Pacific and Indian oceans |
| ENDEMIC TO NEW ZEALAND | |||
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| Snares crested penguin |
Fiordland crested penguin | Erect-crested penguin |
Yellow-eyed penguin |
| Eudyptes robustus Length: 65 cm Weight: 3.5 kg Home range: Snares Islands (New Zealand subantarctic) |
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Length: 65 cm Weight: 3.5 kg Home range: New Zealand cool temperate waters |
Eudyptes sclateri Length: 68 cm Weight: 4 kg Home range: Southern New Zealand—cool temperate and subantarctic waters |
Megadyptes antipodes Length: 76 cm Weight: 5 kg Home range: Temperate coast of south New Zealand and southern islands |
| BREEDS IN ANTARCTICA | ||
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| Adélie penguin | Chinstrap penguin | Emperor penguin |
| Pygoscelis adeliae Length: 71 cm Weight: 5 kg Home range: Antarctic |
Pygoscelis antarctica Length: 71 cm Weight: 5 kg Home range: Antarctic |
Aptenodytes forsteri Length: 112 cm Weight: 35 kg Home range: Antarctic |
The six species in the top half of this chart breed on New Zealand’s mainland or offshore islands. Four of these are endemic, found nowhere else – the yellow-eyed, Fiordland crested, Snares crested and erect-crested penguins. The remaining three species breed in the region of Antarctica administered by New Zealand.
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