Our beautiful bird of the year champions! Hoiho are such beautiful unique penguins, and they’re in trouble. There are around 225 breeding pairs on the mainland, and setnet and bottom trawl fisheries, climate change and human disturbance are serious threats to their continued existence. These birds could go extinct on the mainland in the next 20-40 years. #birdventurenz #birdoftheyear #boty2019 #seabird #conservationphotography #conservationphotographer #endangered #extinctionisforever #wanderwonder #subantarctic #subantarcticnz #birdsofinstagram #birds_adored #bird_brilliance #seabirdstory #nzbirds #portrait_perfection @docgovtnz @forestandbird @yelloweyedpenguintrust @nz_birds #nikon #nikond500 https://www.instagram.com/p/B5L8PN6Jpwa/?igshid=7vuybb3b2y28