This time, it seems like the focus is on the Hoiho (Yellow-Eyed Penguin), the world's rarest penguin, which is critically endangered with just 131 breeding pairs left on New Zealand’s mainland.

Hoiho/Yellow-eyed penguin faces potential extinction (6 min 10 sec) "There's less than a hundred chicks, and I can count on one hand how many of those chicks are likely to become parents.

A rare, smelly and yellow-eyed penguin species has been crowned New Zealand’s bird of the year for the second time in less than a decade.. The hoiho, which translates as “noise shouter” in ...

The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, faces local extinction within two decades due to declining numbers. Populations have dropped 80% since 2008, with only 143 breeding pairs remaining from 739.

The hoiho's Māori name means "noise shouter", but is said to be very shy despite its loud call. Fewer than 5,000 hoiho remain in the wild, and they are known as one of the rarest penguins in the ...

A hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin pictured on April 2, 2023, has won New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year vote, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, after a fierce contest absent the foreign interference and ...

The hoiho, considered the world's rarest penguin species by competition organisers Forest and Bird, surpassed the runner-up Chatham Island black robin and the kakapo, earning significant public ...

A shy yellow-eyed penguin has come out on top of one of New Zealand's most contested competitions to win Bird of the Year. More than 50,000 people voted in the competition - which has in the past ...

Sept. 16 (UPI) --A golden-eyed, endangered penguin has once again been named New Zealand's Bird of the Year after a competition involving bird costumes, craft beer and Dr. Jane Goodall.The hoiho ...

The hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin won New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year vote after a fierce contest without foreign interference and controversies. It's noisy, smelly, shy - and New Zealand's ...

A hoiho or yellow-eyed penguin pictured on April 2, 2023, has won New Zealand's annual Bird of the Year vote, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, after a fierce contest absent the foreign interference and ...