Road sign warning of penguins in the area, nr Boulders Beach, Cape Town, South Africa.

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Road sign warning of penguins in the area, nr Boulders Beach, Cape Town, South Africa. South Africa is home to the African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as the Cape penguin or South African penguin. The African penguin is the only penguin species that occurs off the coast of Africa, and it is endemic to the coast of southern Africa, from Hollams Bird Island, near the central Namibian coast, to Algoa Bay off the coast of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. They occur mostly on islands along the coast, but there are two populations on the mainland in South Africa, at Betty’s Bay and Boulders Beach in the Cape Town area. The African penguin has experienced rapid population declines over the past century as a result of overexploitation for food, habitat modification of nesting sites, oil spillages, and competition for food resources with commercial fishing. As a result it is classified as Endangered by the IUCN Red List and it is listed under Appendix II of the CITES (Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species).

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Size: 3447px × 5250px
Location: Boulders Beach, Cape Town, South Africa.
Photo credit: © EggImages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: african, beach, boulders, crossing, danger, penguin, road, sign, wanring