Aves | 
Sphenisciformes | 
Spheniscidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Others.  Polar			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Indo-Pacific, Southern Atlantic and the Antarctic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 81.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 6.1 kg (Ref. 356)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					This species is known to breed in small colonies where there are other penguin species present (Ref. 91362).  Pursuit diving (Ref. 356).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Collins, M.A. and R. Villanueva 2006 Taxonomy, ecology and behaviour of the cirrate octopods. Oceanography and Marine Biology an Annual Review 44:277-322. (Ref. 84303)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Moderate to high vulnerability (52 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.