A crested penguin that breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island, the Fiordland region proper, as well as on Stewart Island and its outlying islands, nesting in coastal forest rather than open ground. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Classification
System (Realm) Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Disputed
Population EstimateA 1990s survey counted 2,500 breeding pairs, roughly 5,000 individuals, but the source describes this count as likely an underestimate; no more recent total was found. Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
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Source Fiordland Crested Penguin (Wikipedia)
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1. Fiordland Crested Penguin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaDistribution section
It currently breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island as well as on Stewart Island/Rakiura and its outlying islands.
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Conservation status section
Fiordland crested penguins are classed as near threatened by the IUCN
Population section
Surveys in the 1990s counted 2,500 pairs, though this was likely an underestimate
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
A crested penguin that breeds along the south-western coasts of New Zealand's South Island, the Fiordland region proper, as well as on Stewart Island and its outlying islands, nesting in coastal forest rather than open ground.
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