Humboldt penguin

They have spines on the tongue and palate to hold slippery fish securely.

Humboldt pinguïn

  • kust van Chili en Peru

    Habitat

  • vis en inktvis

    Food

  • 15 tot 20 jaar

    Lifetime

  • 4 tot 5 kilo

    Weight

  • 66 tot 70 cm

    Length

  • 2

    Number of eggs

  • 40 tot 42 dagen

    Incubation time

  • kwetsbaar

    IUCN Status

  • ja

    EEP?

Wist je dat?

  • 20

    years, which is how old the Humboldt penguin gets at most

  • 5

    kilo, that's how much the Humboldt penguin can weigh

  • 42

    days, that's how long the Humboldt penguin has been breeding

Litter of poop

Humboldt penguins remain faithful to one partner their entire lives. They lay 1 to 2 eggs at a time, which they prefer to incubate in a pit they have dug themselves in a thick layer of dried bird droppings.

Help, I'm going bald!

Once a year, the old feathers are replaced by new ones: moulting. During the five weeks of moulting, the plumage is not waterproof, so they cannot hunt for fish. That is why they eat extra much in the weeks before moulting.