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 - or yellow-eyed penguin - is one of the rarest penguins in the world, with only 143 known nests on mainland New Zealand including on Stewart Island. DOC says that without a serious ...

They were coined ‘the people’s penguin’ and won the Bird of The Year competition in 2019 and 2024, but recent mainland hoiho/yellow-eyed penguin nest counts have experts worried. The Yellow-eyed ...

The yellow-eyed penguin, or hoiho, has been crowned New Zealand’s Bird of the Year for 2024. It secured 6,328 votes for its second win in the popular annual competition. The hoiho is one of the ...

Red cod, once a pillar of the hoiho diet, has become scarce, and blue cod, although larger, are harder to catch, eat and feed to their chicks than other staple fish. Penguins also drown each year ...

The yellow-eyed penguin or 'Hoiho' won New Zealand's Bird of the Year for 2024. Bird of the Year is an annual election-based competition run by the New Zealand conservation organisation Forest & Bird.

The hoiho, a shy and smelly penguin species, won New Zealand's Bird of the Year for 2024, securing 6,328 votes. Meanwhile, a UK train was cancelled after a squirrel refused to disembark, forcing the ...

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 ...

The yellow-eyed penguin, or hoiho, has been crowned New Zealand's Bird of the Year for 2024, securing 6,328 votes for its second win in the popular annual competition.

The yellow-eyed penguin, known as hoiho, secured New Zealand’s Bird of the Year award, drawing attention to its endangered status. With a population drop of 78% in 15 years, this recognition is ...