Macaroni Penguin
📸 Photo by Alexandre Daoust on Unsplash
Macaroni penguins flash bright orange crests and crowd windy sub-Antarctic islands. They plunge deep for krill and small fish, then huddle ashore to raise a chick every year. Populations are vast, yet warmer seas and shrinking prey are starting to dent some colonies.
Technical factsheet
Type:bird
Habitat:island
Diet:piscivore
Continents:Antarctica, South America, Oceania, Africa
Size:≈70 cm height
Weight:3–6 kg
Activity:cathemeral
Social behavior:colony
Lifespan:15–20 years
Habitat: The Macaroni Penguin can be found in Antarctica, Chile, Falkland-is, Fr-s-antarctic-lands, South-africa, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, New-zealand