The Endangered

Galapagos Penguin
Student Name

* Some information might will be missing, due to the lack of information.

The information with one star means that it’s found on a low accuracy site.
 Physical Description
Physical Description ● Movement:
○ Swimming
● Colors: white & black ● Males v. Females: No
● Length: difference on appearance.
○ About 53 centimeters (21 inches) ● Lifespan: 15-20 years
● Weight
○ About 4-6 pounds (1.7-2.6 kilograms)
● Special body parts: C-shaped white
feathers from the eye to the chin on
each site of the head, dots on bellies.
● White belly, black fins and other
parts of the body.
Habitat
Where in the world do they live? (add a map)

● Galápagos Islands

Type of habitat or ecosystem

● The ocean.

Climate Conditions Needed (temperature & weather)

● Hot temperature (they live at the equator)

Social or solitary

● Social
Diet/Predator/Prey
Diet

● Food: Small fish (ex. sardines, Predators

mullet)
● Pursue their prey then capture them ● Water: Sharks, Galapagos fur seal.
from the side of below. ● Land: Galapagos Hawk, other birds of
● Usually hunts in a group. prey.
Family Life and Offspring
Mating
Offspring
● They do mate
● It takes 38-42 days for the babies
● Only one mate per pair
to hatch
● They find partners by mutual
preening, flipper patting, and ● Born from eggs.
bill dueling**
● 2 eggs are laid per clutch.

● They care their chicks (feeding)

until they are 30 days old.
Other Interesting Facts
1. They live at the equator.
2. They swim to the island where they are born to lay eggs.
3. They hunt in colonies to take advantage of deterring their
predators and catching preys.
Why is it endangered?

The amount of Galapagos Penguin:

Less than 2000

Main cause of their population decline:

The cause of El Niño, that have decreased the amount of preys.

How to Help
We can help Galapagos Penguins to become
vulnerable again by:

Making small donations to the foundations,

Stop pollution (plastic bottles, straws.)

Stop using much resources that can hurt

their habitat
My Opinion
● This animal is important because it have the special habitat at
the equator.
● They are important to their ecosystem is because their predators
won’t have much food. Plus, there could have too many fish.
And it’s hard for their predators to change their diet.
● We must keep Galapagos Penguin, because it’s as important as
the other penguin species.
Works Cited

Information

https://school.eb.com/levels/middle/article/Galapagos-penguin/545024 (Most information are taken from this site.)

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Spheniscus_mendiculus/ (Used for some information, might not be accurate.)

Photos
https://c402277.ssl.cf1.rackcdn.com/photos/494/images/story_full_width/shutterstock_53932330.jpg?1345524123
https://cdn.britannica.com/eb-media/54/158754-050-CFE5C585.jpg
https://cdn.britannica.com/eb-media/96/19796-004-1B7CAD97.gif
https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2016/03/21/23/25/link-1271843_960_720.png
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Brown_Bluff-2016-Tabarin_Peninsula%E2%80%93Gentoo_penguin_%28Pygoscel
is_papua%29_03.jpg
https://p0.pikist.com/photos/196/70/galapagos-penguin-spheniscus-mendiculus-penguin-glasses-penguin-rarely-small-endangered.jpg
Thank You!