#galapagos penguin

[ketrinadrawsalot]

The Galápagos penguin is endemic to the Galápagos Islands and is the rarest penguin. Because they can't breed when ocean surface temperatures are above 25C, they're especially affected by climate change. Ecotourism is also a threat, due to littering and irresponsible birdwatching.

#march of the penguins #penguin #bird #galapagos penguin #endangered species #education #art

[may-the-best-penguin-win]

Round 1 Match 8

Adélie penguins can be distinguished from other penguins by their solid black and white sections, as well as the white rings around their eyes. They live in Antarctica. Adélie penguins are named after an explorer's wife. They are about 24-27 inches (61-69cm) tall.

Galapagos penguins live in the Galapagos islands. They are the northernmost dwelling penguins, and the only penguins that naturally venture into the Northern Hemisphere. The Galapagos penguin is a species of banded penguin, distinguished from others by the more gray tone of their feathers, as well as more black around the head. Galapagos penguins are the smallest of the banded penguins, standing at about 19-21 inches (48-53cm) tall.

#polls #penguins #penguin competition #penguin tournament #round 1 #tumblr poll #bracket #penguin #tournament #adelie penguin #galapagos penguin

[cozamal0tl]

All penguin species (1/2)

Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

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African penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

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Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus)

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Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)

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Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri)

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Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)

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Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)

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Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

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[micromys]

Just a few shots from my return to the Galápagos… a place that only gets more incredible the more time you spend there.

#galapagos #giant tortoise #nazca booby #green sea turtle #cownose ray #Galapagos land iguana #sally lightfoot crab #galapagos penguin #sea lion #my photos

[vlkphoto]

Spheniscus mendiculus .. [1 / 4]

Galapagos penguin, hanging out on the lava fields of Las Tintoreras of Isla Isabela, Galapagos.

The green foliage in the background desaturated a bit to make the head of the penguin more visible.

#Panasonic #Lumix #TZ-5 #Isla Isabela #Isabela #Galapagos #Ecuador #fauna #bird #Spheniscus mendiculus #penguin

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A glimmer of hope for rare penguins: No one knows exactly how penguins ended up living on the Galápagos. They likely rode a current toward the equator millions of years ago and evolved. As their numbers plummeted in the last few decades, researchers like Nat Geo Explorer Dee Boersma have chiseled out new nests in volcanic rock away from predators (above, one nest). The penguin population is on the rise here, Nat Geo reports.

#dee boersma #photographer #national geographic #penguin #bird photography #galapagos #nature

[artapir]

Alternate Galapagos fauna.

#ai art #midjourney #galapagos #sea turtle #penguin #albatross #marine iguana

[branddmc]

This good boy just walked a 5K to help WWF save Galápagos penguins!

#dogs #pets #border collie #heeler #mrbohannon #motivation #inspiration #wwf #galapagos #penguins #5K #walking #health and fitness

[floweryvictory]

i’ll be in ecuador for the next three weeks bye guys👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

#IM GONNA SEE GALAPAGOS PENGUINS AND ANDEAN CONDORS

[hotapplekai]

It's #cafezootober Day 27: Galápagos penguin & Éclair

This is the only penguin species found north of the equator and in the Galápagos. 

Participating in #cafezootober helps to spread the word about critically endangered species, as well as provides the world with much-needed art featuring these beautiful animals.

[Click to learn more about Galápagos penguins and how you can help]

#artists on tumblr #cafe #endangered animals #art challenge #cafezootober #endangered species #inktober #art challenge prompts #black and white art #galapagos #Galápagos penguin #penguin #eclair #Éclair

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this story from National Geographic:

More than a decade ago, P. Dee Boersma used crowbars and hammers to chisel a small hole out of lava on the Galápagos Islands, hoping to attract one of the world’s rarest penguins.

Five months later, a Galápagos penguin pair moved into one of these hollowed-out recesses and raised their young. The next year, another pair of penguins moved in.

Today, at least 84 of the 120 nests that Boersma, a biologist at the University of Washington in Seattle, and colleagues have scoured from the black rock at the world’s Equator are still usable. And a recent census reveals a quarter of the endangered species are juveniles. That’s significant for an animal that likely numbers somewhere between 1,500 and 4,700, according to Boersma, who is also a National Geographic Explorer.

For the first time in a long while, Boersma says she feels hopeful for the future of these four-pound birds, which already contend with the mercurial climate of the Galápagos—one that flip flops between warm and cold water depending on Earth’s cyclical weather cycles, El Niño and La Niña. (Learn more about the world’s only tropical penguins.)

The latter, which causes colder water—and thus more plentiful fish—along the western coast of South America, is contributing to penguin population’s current increase by providing more food.  

#Galapagos penguins

[cgandrews3]

#adelie penguin #antarctic circumpolar current #antarctica #australia #biodiversity #birds #chinstrap penguin #climate change #conservation #drake passage #emperor penguin #environment #galapagos #gentoo penguins #global warming #king penguin #magellanic penguin #natural habitat adventures #nathab #nature #nature lovers #new zealand #penguins #remote #rockhopper penguin #science #scientific research #wild #wildlife #world wildlife fund

[sentient-block-of-cheese]

I had a dream that some people made a documentary about a lonely Galapagos Penguin who went crazy due to its isolation except its a totally normal penguin doing normal penguin behavior and its really in a colony full of other Galapagos Penguins they just edited all the other penguins out and gaslight everyone into thinking the penguin actions were due to loneliness.

#dream #galapagos #pengin #galapagos penguins #weird dreams #someone make this happen #gaslight gatekeep girlboss #gaslight gatekeep pengin documentary

[micromys]

Just swimming with penguins before breakfast, as one does.

#galapagos #penguins #my videos

[vlkphoto]

3x Penguin + 1x Iguana (b / b) [4 / 4]

A trio of Galapagos penguins flank a marine iguana over a rocky outcrop on the shore of Las Tintoreras off Isla Isabela, Galapagos.

HDR put together with Photomatix, panorama put together with Luminar.

#Panasonic #Lumix #TZ-5 #Isla Isabela #Isabela #Galapagos #Ecuador #fauna #penguin #iguana #Spheniscus mendculus #Amblyrhynchus cristatus #HDR #Photomatix #Panorama #Luminar

[fotografodegalapagos]

Punta Vicente Roca . 📸 👉🏼 @fotografodegalapagos . Suscríbete a mi BLOG link in my bio. . . . . . . #parquenacional #galapagos #galápagos #galapagosislands #paisajes #viajes #naturaleza #foto #penguin #juntoslologramos #ecuadorturistico #ecuador #sealions #fotografo #fotografodegalapagos #conservacion #marineiguana #wildlife #yourshootphotographer #tufotonatgeo #nikon #nikoncreators #nikonD750 #nikoncreators #nikon #nikonzcdreators (en Galapagos Islands) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmZxULEuoio/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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