Fiordland crested penguin stops traffic in BluffNEW ZEALAND TOURISM/FACEBOOK A Fiordland crested penguin stopped traffic in Bluff on Sunday. New Zealand Tourism posted a Facebook video of a Fiordland crested penguin - the cute little critters with striking yellow brows - that stopped traffic on Sunday as it bounded across the road. READ MORE:* New Zealand's ancient penguin was as big as a human* Fiordland crested penguin ends up in Foxton* Call for nation plan for penguin conservation* Natureland nurturing little blue penguin back to full health and home by Christmas"Everybody around here's got one," he told the passersby. Fiordland crested penguins, or tawaki, are a species endemic to New Zealand, and currently breed along the south-western coasts of the South Island and on Stewart Island. It is also referred to as the New Zealand crested penguin, and its low numbers mean the Department of Conservation have classed the species as 'vulnerable to endangered'.

Source: Stuff December 18, 2017 03:11 UTC