Scientific Name: Spheniscus mendiculus

Type: Bird

Size: 49 - 55 cm

Diet: Piscivorous

Speed: 35 km/h (underwater)

Status: Endangered

Are the only penguins with a distribution north of the equator (but only barely).

Evolved from burrowing penguins such as the Humboldt penguin, but since here is a lack of soil on the islands, they live in coastal caves and crevices created from lava instead.

Have evolved to be smaller than most penguins, standing at roughly half a meter, to better cope with heat in the tropics, since a higher surface area to body ratio increases heat loss.