Penguins

Galapagos Penguin

Spheniscus mendiculus

The Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) is a 1.9 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Penguins

Order

Sphenisciformes

Weight

1.9 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Ecuador.

Photo: (c) Michael Bakker Paiva, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist