Humboldt Penguin

Spheniscus humboldti - Manchot de Humboldt

Manchot de Humboldt
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Sphenisciformes

  • Family
    :

    Sphéniscidés

  • Genus
    :

    Spheniscus

  • Species
    :

    humboldti

Descriptor

Meyen, 1834

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 70 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 4000 à 4700 g
Longevity

20 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Manchot de Humboldt
adult
Manchot de Humboldt
adult

Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) is a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Manchot de Humboldt,
  • Pingüino de Humboldt,
  • pinguim-de-humboldt,
  • Humboldtpinguin,
  • Humboldt-pingvin,
  • Humboldtpinguïn,
  • Pinguino di Humboldt,
  • humboldtpingvin,
  • Humboldtpingvin,
  • tučniak jednopásy,
  • tučňák Humboldtův,
  • Humboldtpingvin,
  • perunpingviini,
  • pingüí de Humboldt,
  • pingwin peruwiański,
  • Гумбольдтов пингвин,
  • フンボルトペンギン,
  • 秘鲁企鹅,
  • humboldtpingvin,
  • 洪保德環企鵝,

Voice song and call

Manchot de Humboldt
adult

Habitat

Manchot de Humboldt
adult

Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m) ; Marine Intertidal : Rocky Shoreline ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Sea Cliffs and Rocky Offshore Islands

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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