Galápagos Penguins on the Lava Shore
📍 Isla Isabela, Galápagos Islands Galápagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) The only penguin species found north of the equator, and the rarest penguin in the world — fewer than 2,000 remain, all within the Galápagos archipelago. Year-round residents of Isla Isabela, which hosts the majority of the global population thanks to the cold, nutrient-rich Cromwell Current that sweeps past the island’s western coast. Wikipedia | iNaturalist | eBird