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Rare penguin crowned New Zealand's bird of the year

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The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, was named New Zealand’s bird of the year as part of the country’s annual contest.<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x:0;--tw-border-spacing-y:0;--tw-translate-x:0;--tw-translate-y:0;--tw-rotate:0;--tw-skew-x:0;--tw-skew-y:0;--tw-scale-x:1;--tw-scale-y:1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness:proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-color:rgba(59,130,246,0.5);--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored:0 0 #0000;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;widows:2;text-decoration-thickness:initial">Considered the world’s rarest penguin species by competition organisers Forest and Bird, the hoiho is endemic to New Zealand with roughly 4,000 to 5,000 remaining in the wild.<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x:0;--tw-border-spacing-y:0;--tw-translate-x:0;--tw-translate-y:0;--tw-rotate:0;--tw-skew-x:0;--tw-skew-y:0;--tw-scale-x:1;--tw-scale-y:1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness:proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-color:rgba(59,130,246,0.5);--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored:0 0 #0000;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;widows:2;text-decoration-thickness:initial">The endangered species is known for its strong smell and being notoriously shy, despite its name meaning ‘noise shouter’ in Maori.<p style="--tw-border-spacing-x:0;--tw-border-spacing-y:0;--tw-translate-x:0;--tw-translate-y:0;--tw-rotate:0;--tw-skew-x:0;--tw-skew-y:0;--tw-scale-x:1;--tw-scale-y:1;--tw-scroll-snap-strictness:proximity;--tw-ring-offset-width:0px;--tw-ring-offset-color:#fff;--tw-ring-color:rgba(59,130,246,0.5);--tw-ring-offset-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-ring-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow:0 0 #0000;--tw-shadow-colored:0 0 #0000;box-sizing:inherit;margin-bottom:20px;padding:0px;border:0px;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);orphans:2;widows:2;text-decoration-thickness:initial">The penguin received 6,328 votes with a surge in popularity in the final week of the competition, outperforming the Chatham Island black robin, also known as the karure, with 5,442 votes and the kakapo with 4,548. - Report from Reuters

The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, was named New Zealand’s bird of the year as part of the country’s annual contest.

The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, was named New Zealand’s bird of the year as part of the country’s annual contest.