Galapagos penguins are named after the islands they are found on, and they are the only penguins that live on the equator. When one thinks of penguins living so far away from their natural habitat, one is forced to wonder, what do Galapagos penguins eat? The diet of these penguins varies according to the availability of food in their vicinity.
Continue readingGalapagos penguins, the most northerly penguin species, inhabit the western part of the Galapagos Islands. Some individual Galapagos penguins may occasionally venture to other islands in the archipelago. When compared to all other penguin species, the Galapagos penguin’s population is small, numbering not more than a few thousand individuals.
The Galapagos penguin also known as the Spheniscus mendiculus is the third smallest species of penguins in the world. It is recognized by the presence of a narrow C-shaped band of white feathers and is the most distinctive because it lives more in the northern hemisphere than any other Spheniscus form of seabird species.
Continue readingYou might have heard that penguins are threatened birds but do you know that which species of the penguins most endangered?
Well! Galapagos penguins are the most endangered and rarest species of the penguins in the world. You can find them at the equator only except near Antarctica. Dissimilar to the other species of penguins, the Galapagos penguins possess numerous adaptations which let them withstand the warmer climate.
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