Fiordland Crested Penguin
Tawaki
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
When I first arrived on Stewart Island in 1969, Fiordland Crested’s were known only around Codfish Island and in Port Pegasus. A French couple I had out fishing claimed o have seen one near Bench Island maybe 35 years ago, a claim I frankly doubted at the time. But in hindsight they were probably correct, as numbers have steadily increased in recent years with many breeding pairs located, one quite close to the village, but most on the off shore Island in front of Halfmoon Bay> the distinctive crest above the eye easily distinguishes it from Yellow Eyed, and they lack the gape of the otherwise similar Snares Crested Penguins.
Size 710 mm
Fiordland Crested Penguin
Sails Ashore and Kowhai Lane are Solar Powered
Sails Ashore now produces 100 % of our electrical needs, and have cut our non renewable heating fuel usage to around 20% of pre solar.
Kowhai Lane is "Grid Tied" and exports excess electricity to the local grid.
Both have significantly reduced our carbon footprint
Sails Ashore, Kowhai Lane & Sails Tours
11 View Street,
Stewart Island, 9846
NEW ZEALAND
+64 3 219 1151
Email: tait@sailsashore.co.nz
Web: www.sailsashore.co.nz
We are Fully Vaccinated