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ketrinadrawsalot · 2 months

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The Fiordland penguin is endemic to New Zealand. It once lived on both islands, but the arrival of humans and invasive species drove them to the southernmost part of the South Island.

#march of the penguins #penguin #bird #fiordland penguin #tawaki #pokotiwha #education #art

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may-the-best-penguin-win · 1 year

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Round 1 Match 2

The King penguin lives in Antarctica. The friends featured in the picture above are an adult and chick. Chicks are brown and fluffy until they molt into their adult plumage. In adulthood, they stand at about 28-39 inches (70-100cm) tall. This height is second only to the Emperor penguin. King penguins look very similar to Emperor penguins, but King penguins have more orange-y neck feathers.

The Fiordland penguin is another crested penguin, living in New Zealand. They can differentiated from other crested penguins by the few white feathers on their cheeks, which can make it look like they are blushing :3. Fiordland penguins stand at about 21-23 inches (55-60cm) tall.

#polls #penguins #penguin competition #penguin tournament #round 1 #tumblr poll #bracket #penguin #tournament #king penguin #fiordland penguin #fiordland crested penguin

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penguinies4 · 9 months

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The crested penguins of New Zealand. In Maori they are called “Tawaki”. Belonging to the genus Eudyptes, they are the Fiordland penguin (E. Pachyrhynchus), the Snares (E. Robustus) and the Erect-crested (E. sclateri).

Due to how closely related they are, it is debated whether they are a single species with three subspecies, or three distinct species. It’s difficult to tell them apart since they are so similar.

above: the fiordland penguin

Unlike the other two species, the fiordland penguin has small white stripes underneath its eyes, and has no bare skin around its beak. Like the snares penguin, its crest (the yellow eyebrows) does not stand up. This penguin is known for swimming very far for food. These chaps nest in forests.

above: snares penguin

the snares penguin looks almost exactly like the fiordland penguin, but it lacks the white stripes below its eyes, and has a bare area of skin around the beak. The fellows breed on the Snares Islands.

this is the erect-crested penguin. Like the snares penguin, it has a bare area of skin around its beak. Unlike the other two species, it has a crest that stands up, hence the name. These guys only breed on the Bounty and Antipode islands.

#i love penguins #crested penguin #penguins #fiordland penguin #snares penguin #erect-crested penguin

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cozamal0tl · 2 years

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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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sitting-on-me-bum · 2 months

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King penguins line the shore at Macquarie Island; Fiordland, New Zealand.

Image credits: Aaron Russ; Steve Bradley

#aaron russ #photographer #steve bradley #australia #australian geographic #king penguins #penguins #bird photography #macquarie island #fiordland #new zealand #nature

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sapphicpenguin · 1 year

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disclaimer: this list is wikipedia-sourced. taxonomists disagree about the exact number of penguin species.

go to this website for a quick species rundown!

#penguins #polls #if you didn't have a favorite before now's the time!#my answer is banded/jackass btw. have always loved them. funky lil guys

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yoga-onion · 1 year

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Legends and myths about trees

Penguins of the forests - Trees that protect the penguins in New Zealand

Snares penguins live in a surprising habitat, waddling the trees of the New Zealand forest. Penguins are often thought as living in ice and snow, in fact, 60,000 Snares living benease these trees. So, why are they here? New Zealand has no native land preditors. It is safe to nurturing their youngs. So these trees are penguins sanctuary. The woodland is a pengins paradise.

The Snares penguin is often compared to the Fiordland penguin, which is related by the genus of crested penguins. The Fiordland penguin is also endemic to New Zealand. The Maori word for the penguin is ‘Tawaki’, which is derived from a Maori god.

There are other forest-dwelling penguin species endemic to New Zealand.

The yellow-eyed penguins, known by the Maori people as ‘hoiho’, the world's rarest penguin species—and perhaps also the shyest—inhabits dense coastal forests and hilly shrubland of the South Island, as well as a far-flung collection of uninhabited islands, most reachable only by boat through epically rough seas.

The little penguin, also known as the fairy penguin, is the smallest species of penguin, measuring about 36-43 cm (14-17 inch) in length and weighing about 1 kg (2.2lb). Unlike other penguins, the little penguin does not walk upright, but rather in a slightly forward leaning posture. This makes them the most primitive type of penguin.

Apparently, these forest penguins lived in the forest long before human settlement.

木にまつわる伝説・神話

森に住むペンギンたち〜ニュージーランドのペンギンを守る木々

ハシブトペンギン (ｽﾈｱｽﾞﾍﾟﾝｷﾞﾝ)たちは、ニュージーランドの森の木々をよちよち歩きながら、意外なところに生息している。ペンギンは氷や雪の中で暮らしていると思われがちだが、実は6万羽のハシブトペンギンがそれらの木々の恩恵を受けて暮らしている。では、なぜ彼らはここにいるのか？ニュージーランドには在来種の陸上捕食者がいない。子供たちを育てるには安全な場所である。だから、その木々はペンギンの聖地なのだ。森はペンギンのパラダイスだ。

ハシブトペンギン (ｽﾈｱｽﾞﾍﾟﾝｷﾞﾝ) は、クレステッドペンギン属のキユマペンギン (ﾌｨﾖﾙﾄﾞﾗﾝﾄﾞﾍﾟﾝｷﾞﾝ) とよく比較される。

他にも、ニュージーランド固有種の森に住むペンギンの仲間はいる。

マオリ族に「ホイホ」と呼ばれるキンメペンギンは、世界で最も希少なペンギン種で、おそらく最も人見知りなペンギンでもある。南島の密林の海岸や丘陵の低木地帯、そして遠く離れた無人島に生息し、荒波にもまれながら、船で行くしか近づく手段がない。

コビトペンギンは、ペンギンの中では最も小さい種類であり、体長は約36-43cm、体重は約1kgである。

どうやら、彼ら森のペンギンたちは、人類が入植するずっと以前から森に住んでいたようだ。

#forest penguins #trees #tree legend #tree myth #new zealand #wildlife #nature #art #woodlands

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purringfayestudio · 1 year

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"Have you made..."

Thought I'd give a list of species I've made so far in case you're curious, since I'm getting a few questions about it! So here are all the animals I've made before:

Canines

Red fox (5 patterns)*

Red Fox kit (2)*

Arctic Fox (summer)*

Fennec Fox*

Bat-Eared Fox*

Gray Fox*

Gray Wolves (3 sizes)*

Coyote

WIP Maned Wolf

WIP Dhole*

WIP Arctic Fox (winter)*

Felines

Lynx (Eurasian)*

Serval*

Bengal Tiger

Mustelids

American Marten*

Mink*

Birds

Yellow-Eyed Penguin*

Fiordland Penguin*

Little Blue Penguin*

White-Flippered Penguin*

Fantasy

Dragons

*indicates life-size plush.

#if I can stop making red foxes for 5 minutes I'll get around to more species lol #faux fur #plush artist #stay tuned for the 'will you make' series lol #if I could post more than 10 photos I would #feel free to ask to see pics of any #except the fox kit I haven't revealed that yet #purringfayestudio #purringfaye info

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tanoraqui · 6 months

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For the fanfic director’s cut: ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I was going to respond seriously to this, but when I went to find the appropriate googledoc, the googledoc I had open already was "Penguins (A Divine Quest, Probably)", the planning doc for the D&D 5e campaign I ideated by never ran (yet). The premise is: all players are penguins in a post-apocalyptic world in which nuclear radiation a) returned magic to the world and b) made penguins sentient and gave them mild tactile telekinesis, ie, the ability to manipulate (moderately lightweight) objects with their mind while physically touching them (to avoid issues like 'no thumbs' and 'average penguin is about 3ft tall and minimal strength'.)

So I'll share my list of species correlations instead, including reasoning:

Great Penguins

Emperor - BIG BOYS (36-37kg), no nests - Goliath

King - lorge (15ish kg), chicks grow slowly, yellow feather “crown”, deep divers, common - Minotaur

Brush-Tailed Penguins

Adelie- medium (5ish kg), particularly cold-resistant, line nests with stones, common - Elf

Chinstrap - 5ish kg, pretty (says this site), nest on slopes, common - Half-elf

Gentoo - standardish penguins? 5+a bit kg, Antarctic continent + islands, like crab, common - Human

Little Penguins

Little - SMOLEST CHILDES (1ish kg), nocturnal, common - Svartniblin

Fairy - ditto smol and habitat?? - Gnome

Banded Penguins

Galapagos - smol! (2ish kg), equatorial (very good in heat) - Halfling

African - 3ish kg, burrow much, used to warmer (African) weather - Dwarrow-Dwarf

Humboldt - 5-a bit kg, burrow some, occupy cold Peruvian current but hot (desert/Mediterranean) breeding site. Fucked by El Nino some years - Mountain Dwarf

Magellanic - 5-a bit kg, burrow breeders, ~ African but South American - Hill Dwarf

Large Divers

Yellow-eyed - 5.5ish kg, maybe rarest penguin, nest in plants - Aasimar

[EXTINCT] Waitaha

Crested Penguins

Rockhopper (Southern, Eastern, Northern) - 2.5ish kg, red eyes, tiny but fierce - Goblin

Snares - 3ish kg, endemic to Snares Islands, kill forest with guano quantity, yellow eyebrows - Hobgoblin

Fiordland - 4ish kg, endemic to New Zealand rainforests - Half-orc

Macaroni - 5+a bit kg, don’t Land much when not breeding, weird orange hair - Kobold

Erect-crested - 5ish kg, tall crests (~horns!) - Tiefling

Royal - 5+a bit kg, related to Macaroni probably (yellow hair), nest in open. Standardish - Dragonborn

[EXTINCT] Chatham

Humans = giants, 1 enclave per type

Other birds (terns, mostly? not albatross? Must really live there) arakockra

Genasi may be done as a half-heritage thing, ie, half genasi, half established race

#thescrapwitch #my D&D #ask meme #penguins #D&D #D&D 5e

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imbackonmy-bullshit · 4 months

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Seeing as they have actual penguins at PPG tonight here's the three types of penguins we have in Aotearoa

The Korora /little blue penguin is the smallest penguin in the world , most common type in NZ

Hoiho/yellow eyed penguin, rare and found in the South Island of New Zealand

And my favorite the Tawaki or the fiordland crested penguin, rare and found in the rainforest in the South Island, round and silly looking on land wet cat in the water

#pens lb #penguins

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rowenabean · 2 years

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It's that time of the year again! And no I don't mean Halloween I mean Bird of the Year time! That time of the year when New Zealanders come together to duke it out for the role of Best Bird (te manu rongonui o te tau) and also experience voter fraud and controversy

(last year there was no voter fraud but there WAS controversy that a species of bat was a) allowed to compete and b) won. I eagerly await this year's controversy, it's sure to be good.)

This year I am supporting the tawaki/fiordland crested penguin, because Those Eyebrows. I'm pretty sure you don't have to be in NZ to vote, please join me in supporting him! (ideally in a non-fraudulent manner, but you do you)

#bird of the year #new zealand #nz #i've never seen one of these guys i've never actually been to fiordland #missed opportunities #but man those are some eyebrows #oh there is some minor controversy already that the kakapo isn't allowed to compete #but tbh it's won twice it's had its chance #ooh look at me using the new tag editing feature this is amazing!

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cocajimmycola · 1 year

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afripengyfrilled , aussielilpengyfrilled , royalpengyfrilled erectrestpengyfrilled , fiordpengyfrilled snarepengyfrilled , rockhopengyfrilled , humpengyfrilled gentoopengyfrilled , lilbluenguinfrilled

a gender for when ones gender is related to a breed of penguin and frills, a penguin wearing frills, a frilly penguin, etc.

african penguin / australian little penguin / royal penguin erect-crested penguin / fiordland penguin snares penguin / rockhopper penguin / humboldt penguin gentoo penguin / little blue penguin

TAGLIST ! (lmk if you want to be added/removed) : @gender-darling @genderserpentine @botbinary @hoardicboy @mogai-sunflowers @noxwithoutstars @the-almond-and-the-apple @boxesofnoxes @aetherive @karkitz @reveseke @revenant-chaos @t1dez @corbybug @heart-valentin3 @checkers-entertainments @loveless-lovesickness @waliwiwige @nepetaisms @begendered-mogai @diary-of-apathy @radiomogai @bpd-hoardic @faunfaced @pullerofstrings @kiruliom @gummysharko @imvasic @nyan-editmaidcafe

#afripengyfrilled #aussielilpengyfrilled #royalpengyfrilled #erectrestpengyfrilled #fiordpengyfrilled #snarepengyfrilled #rockhopengyfrilled #humpengyfrilled #gentoopengyfrilled #lilbluenguinfrilled #genderfrilled #xenogender #mogai #liom #neogender #— now broadcasting

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may-the-best-penguin-win · 1 year

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Round 2 Match 1

These two penguins both won against crested penguins. Little Blue won against the Erect-Crested, with the biggest gap of the round, while King won against the Fiordland.

A couple facts to take with us into round 2: Little Blue penguins are also called Little penguins, Blue penguins, or Fairy penguins. They are the smallest penguin species. King penguins are similar to Emperor penguins. This King penguin is pictured with a King penguin chick.

#polls #penguins #penguin competition #penguin tournament #round 2 #tumblr poll #bracket #penguin #tournament #little blue penguin #fairy penguin #king penguin

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deeisart · 5 months

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Penguin landscape or portrait

I'm painting both (very very quickly, now), but depending how they come out, I need help picking which to give as a birthday present

(The remaining one, depending how they come out, will be available for sale, do DM me about it)

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superdogbiter · 1 year

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Say in the tags why they are your favorite

Also did you see March of the Penguins documentary when it came out?

#polls #tumblr polls #sea creature #birds #animals #penguins

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fullmoonfireball · 10 months

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y'know what after the "vesper, you're a penguin" thang i keep wondering this so.

because of the 10 option limit I had to exclude the Fiordland, Snares, Erect-crested, and the Yellow-Eyed penguins. banded penguins are not included here for good reason, but if you WANT to argue for one of them i guess you can?

#Rambles Into The Void #only making this a day long bc it's a sillay little thing

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