Yellow Eyed PenguinPhotos, Pictures, Prints

View yellow eyed penguin photos, license yellow eyed penguin stock pictures, and buy stunning yellow eyed penguin prints by award winning professional photographer Jon Cornforth. To license an image for editorial or commercial use, click on the License Image button and fill out the form. To purchase a fine art print, select your image size and presentation style before clicking on the Buy Print button.

Hoiho

This small penguin, known as hoiho to the locals, is a native to New Zealand. Like all penguins, it eats fish and krill. However, this species is longer lived than most penguins. Some studies show they can live up to 20 years.

Hoihos live on the eastern and south-eastern coastlines of the South Island of New Zealand. They also live on Stewart Island, Auckland Islands, and the Campbell Islands in the Subantarctic. Visitors to the Otago Peninsula, for example, watch these birds from trenches, tunnels, and other man-made hiding spots.

Unfortunately, this species’ population is falling. In some areas, by as much as 70% since the mid-1990s. Some scientists blame rising ocean temperatures. However, an infectious outbreak in the mid 2000s played a large role in the decline.

Hopefully, with the help of human conservation efforts, these penguins will have a resurgence.

Explore with Cornforth Images.

  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 1

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 1
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 11

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 11
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 12

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 12
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 13

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 13
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 14

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 14
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 15

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 15
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 2

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 2
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 3

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 3
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 5

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 5
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 6

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 6
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 7

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 7
  • Yellow Eyed Penguin 8

    Yellow Eyed Penguin 8