Family: Spheniscidae (Penguins)

Authority: Meyen, 1834

Red List Category

Criteria: A2bcde+3bcde+4bcde

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Justification of Red List category
This species has undergone extreme population size fluctuations, (close to one order of magnitude) at major colonies in Chile. However, an overall reduction in the number of breeding colonies indicates that there is probably an ongoing, underlying rapid decline in numbers. It consequently qualifies as Vulnerable.

Population size: 32000

Population trend: Unknown

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 2,710,000 km²

Country endemic: No

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Neotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Marine biome