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Erect-crested Penguin
The erect-crested penguin (''Eudyptes sclateri'') is a penguin endemic to the New Zealand region and only breeds on the Bounty Islands, Bounty and Antipodes Islands. It has black upper parts, white underparts and a yellow eye stripe and crest. It spends the winter at sea and little is known about its biology and breeding habits. Populations are believed to have declined during the last few decades of the twentieth century, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has listed it as being "Endangered species, endangered". Description This is a small-to-medium-sized, yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin, at and weighing . The male is slightly larger than the female and as in most crested penguins has a larger bill. It has bluish-black to jet black upper parts and white underparts, and a broad, bright yellow eyebrow-stripe which extends over the eye to form a short, erect crest. With a mean body mass in males of (sample size 22) and females of (sample size 22), th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proclamation Island
Proclamation Island is a small rocky island west of Cape Batterbee and close east of the Aagaard Islands of Antarctica. Historic site The island was discovered by the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), led by Douglas Mawson, 1929–1931, and so named, following the reading of a proclamation on its summit on 13 January 1930 claiming the area for The Crown, the British Crown. A cairn and commemorative plaque, plaque erected by Mawson at the time to commemorate the event has been designated a Historic Sites and Monuments in Antarctica, Historic Site or Monument (HSM 3) following a proposal by Australia to the Antarctic Treaty System, Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. See also * List of Antarctic and subantarctic islands References Islands of Enderby Land Historic Sites and Monuments of Antarctica {{EnderbyLand-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
