Rocky coastline bordering cold, ocean water Humboldt penguins are warm climate penguins. Unlike their Antarctic relatives. Humboldt penguins inhabit areas with more temperate climates like Peru and Chile. Their diet in the wild consists offish like anchovies and pilchards. They eat a similar diet here at the Akron Zoo.
Penguins are flightless birds, but they have amazing mobility in the water.
Breeding season for these birds is year round. Penguins nest in pairs on the shore in rock burrows or near foliage. They nest in guano, piles of accumulated bird droppings. The parents will also line the nest with pebbles, pieces of wood, and fish bones. Humboldt penguins lay two eggs, but typically only one survives.