Erect-Crested+Penguin

=Erect-Crested Penguin=
 * Scientific Name: //Eudyptes sclateri//

Description

 * They have an upright yellow feather plumes of their crests
 * The have a distinct gular pouch, a more parallel bill, and the yellow supercilium attaches higher on the bill
 * Gular pouch- an area of featherless skin on birds
 * 20-28 inches in height
 * 5-13 pounds in weight
 * It has bluish-black to jet black upperparts and white underparts, and a broad, bright yellow eyebrow-stripe which extends over the eye to form a short, erect crest

Range

 * Found in the New Zealand subantarctic region

Diet

 * Mainly eat krill and squid
 * Often they eat fish and crustaceans

Life Expectancy

 * 15-20 years

Breeding

 * Female lays 2 eggs, usually the first egg is lost, so the second egg is laid
 * Breed in large colonies
 * Both parents incubate the egg

Predators

 * Aquatic Animals- seals

Interesting Facts

 * One of the largest crested pengiun species