Facts about this animal Humboldts are medium-sized penguins,
about 58 to 65 cm long and weighing about 4 kgs. In adults, the
head is black, except for a white stripe on each side of crown
meeting with the white upper breast. The bill is black with a
grey transverse bar and prominent fleshy margins at the base.
The iris is reddish-brown, and there is a pink ring around the
eye. The upperparts of body and flippers are blackish-grey, the
underparts mostly white with black band on breast extending down
flank to thigh. Upperside of flippers with whitish trailing
edge. The legs and feet are black with splotchy pink patches.
Females are slightly smaller than males, but otherwise look very
similar. Humboldts penguins have developed a unique place to lay
their eggs - they dig them into the layers of dried guano left
from seabirds. Sometimes they also nest in rocky crevices. The
birds breed throughout the year, though breeding seems to depend
on the availability of food and nesting sites. The male arrives
at a site a f