African penguin
Diomedea demersa Linnaeus, 1758
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The African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin , is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its loud, donkey -like bray, [2] although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink. [3] |
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| 2017 |
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The African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its donkey -like bray, [2] although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink. [3] |
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| 2016 |
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The African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its donkey -like bray, [2] although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink. [3] |
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| 2015 |
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The African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its donkey -like bray, [2] although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. The pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink. [3] |
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| 2014 |
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The African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the jackass penguin and black-footed penguin is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "jackass" penguin for its donkey -like bray, although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all extant penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. This pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing temperatures. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink. [2] |
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| 2013 |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Jackass Penguin and Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "Jackass" Penguin for its donkey-like bray, although several related species of South American penguins produce the same sound. Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults weigh on average 2.2–3.5 kg (4.9–7.7 lb) and are 60–70 cm (24–28 in) tall. It has distinctive pink patches of skin above the eyes and a black facial mask; the body upperparts are black and sharply delineated from the white underparts, which are spotted and marked with a black band. This pink gland above their eyes helps them to cope with changing climates. When the temperature gets hotter, the body of the African Penguin sends more blood to these glands to be cooled by the air surrounding it. This then causes the gland to turn a darker shade of pink. [2] |
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| 2012 |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is also widely known as the "Jackass" Penguin for its donkey-like bray, although several species of South American penguins produce the same sound. |
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| 2011 |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Black-footed Penguin is a species of penguin , confined to southern African waters. It is known as Brilpikkewyn in Afrikaans , Inguza or Unombombiya in Xhosa , [1] Manchot Du Cap in French and Pingüino Del Cabo in Spanish . [2] [3] It is also widely known as the "Jackass" Penguin for its donkey-like bray, although several species of South American penguins produce the same sound. |
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| 2010 |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Black-footed Penguin , is found on the south-western coast of Africa , living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay , near Port Elizabeth , South Africa . Because of their donkey-like braying call they were previously named Jackass Penguins . Since several species of South American penguins produce the same sound, the African species has been renamed African Penguin, as it is the only penguin species that breeds in Africa. The presence of the penguin gave name to the Penguin Islands . |
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| 2009 |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Black-footed Penguin , is found on the south-western coast of Africa , living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay , near Port Elizabeth , South Africa , with the largest colony on Dyer Island , near Kleinbaai. Because of their donkey-like braying call they were previously named Jackass Penguins . Since several species of South American penguins produce the same sound, the African species has been renamed African Penguin, as it is the only penguin species that breeds in Africa. The presence of the penguin gave name to the Penguin Islands . |
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| 2008 |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Black-footed Penguin or Jackass Penguin is found on the south-western coast of Africa, living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay , near Port Elizabeth , South Africa , with the largest colony on Dyer Island , near Kleinbaai . Two colonies were established by penguins in the 1980s on the mainland near Cape Town at Boulders Beach near Simon's Town and Stony Point in Betty's Bay. Mainland colonies probably only became possible in recent times due to the reduction of predator numbers, although the Betty's Bay colony has been attacked by leopards . The only other mainland colony is in Namibia, but it is not known when this was established. |
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| 2007 |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Blackfooted Penguin (and formerly as the Jackass Penguin ), is found on the south-western coast of Africa , living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth , South Africa , with the largest colony on Dyer Island , near Kleinbaai. Two colonies were established by penguins in the 1980s on the mainland near Cape Town at Boulders Beach near Simon's Town and Stony Point in Betty's Bay . Mainland colonies probably only became possible in recent times due to the reduction of predator numbers, although the Betty's Bay colony has been attacked by leopard seals. The only other mainland colony is in Namibia, but it is not known when this was established. |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Jackass Penguin (after its loud mating call), and the Blackfooted Penguin , is found on the south-western coast of Africa , living in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth , South Africa , with the largest colony on Dyer Island , near Kleinbaai. Two colonies were established by penguins in the 1980s on the mainland near Cape Town at Boulders Beach near Simon's Town and Stony Point in Betty's Bay . Mainland colonies probably only became possible in recent times due the reduction of predator numbers, although the Betty's Bay colony has been attacked by leopards. The only other mainland colony is in Namibia, but it is not known when this was established. |
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| 2005 |
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Spheniscus demersus
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Jackass Penguin (after its donkey -like braying call), is found on the south-western coast of Africa . These birds live in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth , South Africa . The largest colony is on Dyer Island, near Kleinbaai. The only penguin colony still in existence on the African mainland is at Boulders Beach in Simonstown, near Cape Town. |
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The African Penguin ( Spheniscus demersus ), also known as the Jackass Penguin (after its donkey -like braying call), is found on the south-western coast of Africa . These birds live in colonies on 24 islands between Namibia and Algoa Bay, near Port Elizabeth , South Africa . The closest relatives of the African Penguins are the Humboldt and Magellanic penguins found in southern South America and the Galapagos Penguin found in the Pacific Ocean near the equator. African Penguins like warm weather. |