11 Facts About Humboldt penguin

In South America the Humboldt penguin is found only along the Pacific coast, and the range of the Humboldt penguin overlaps that of the Magellanic penguin on the central Chilean coast.

The Humboldt penguin has been known to live in mixed species colonies with the Magellanic penguin in at least two different locations at the south of Chile.

Humboldt penguin has become a focus of ecotourism over the last decades.

Humboldt penguin has different calls that it uses to communicate in different ways.

Humboldt penguin is a top predator endemic to the west coast of South America.

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The Humboldt penguin depends on commercially exploited, schooling prey species including anchovies.

Historical breeding grounds for the Humboldt penguin were guano layers which covered islands of the Peruvian and northerly Chilean coasts in which the birds could burrow.

The decline of the Humboldt penguin population is attributed to the harvest of guano in the 1800s, which led to the destruction of breeding grounds and to human disturbance.

Historically, the Humboldt penguin population was impacted by the extraction of guano from their breeding colonies, which reduced the available habitat for burrowing and nesting.

Humboldt penguin has 12 viable grandchicks, great-grandchicks, and great-great grandchicks.

The Humboldt penguin, known only by its number, was recaptured by the zoo keepers in late May 2012.