Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri)

   Erect-crested penguins are hard to find which makes many things about this species unknown. They can grow between 25.5 to 27 inches tall and weigh around 6.5 to 11 pounds. They have a special yellow strip that starts from the beak all the way to the back of their head disappearing in the feathers. Their beak is orange and is long and slim and their eyes are brown. These fascinating creatures are endangered.

    Erect-Crested Penguins spend their winter in the sub Antarctic waters but come to breed on the shores of the Antipodes, Bounty, Auckland and Campbell Islands off the south coast of New Zealand.

Their main diet consists of fish and krill.