What is Humboldt penguin?
{{Taxobox | name = Humboldt penguin | image = WPZ - Humboldt Penguin 04.jpg | image_caption = at Woodlands Zoo, Seattle. | image_width = 250px | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | trend = down | status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{IUCN2006|assessors=BirdLife International|year=2005|id=20610|title=Spheniscus mendiculus|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Database entry includes justification for why this species is endangered</ref> | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[penguins|Sphenisciformes]] | familia = [[Spheniscidae]] | genus = ''[[Spheniscus]]'' | binomial = ''Spheniscus humboldti'' | range_map = Humboldt Penguin.png | range_map_caption = the range is in red}} [[File:Spheniscus humboldti MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.43.14.jpg|thumb| ''Spheniscus humboldti'']] The '''Humboldt penguin''' (''Spheniscus humboldti'') has a plain white belly. It can have a few pure black spots on its belly and have orange with an hint of green. There are less than 10,000 Humboldt penguins in the wild. They are found in [[Chile]] and [[Peru]]. They drink sea water and their favourite food is small fish. A female Humboldt penguin can weigh up to 4.5kg and the male can weigh up to 6kg. Their bodies are adapted to life in water and most Humboldt penguins can live up to 20 years. They get their name from a famous [[Prussian]] explorer, [[Alexander von Humboldt]]. They have well dug burrows underground. In the past 100 years their droppings have been used as garden [[fertiliser]]. This dung is called “[[guano]]”. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * Penguin World. [http://www.penguinworld.com/types/humboldt.html] {{-}} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Penguins]]