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The crested penguin (Eudyptes sclateri) is a penguin species with a limited distribution, breeding predominantly on the Antipodes and Bounty Islands, which belong to New Zealand. It depends on the rich fish and krill stocks of sub-Antarctic waters for food. Its population, estimated to have numbered hundreds of thousands of pairs in the mid-20th century, has declined sharply, particularly due to changes in marine ecosystems, the climate crisis, competition from fishing, oil pollution and the sca