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Saldanha Bay St Helena Bay B Oyster Cliffs A
Jacobs Reef
Marcus Is. C Cape Columbine
Malgas Is. Mercury Is.
Jutten Is. 33° Saldanha Bay
Langebaan
Lagoon C
Dassen Is. 26°
Vondeling Is. Lagoon

Neglectus Is.

Robben Is. Ichaboe Is.
CAPE TOWN
34°
Seal Is. Seal Is.
Dassen Is. The Boulders Stony Point Penguin Is. .
Cape Point Halifax Is.
18° False Hermanus North Long Is.
S Bay Dyer Is.
NAMIBIA Geyser Is. North Reef 27°
Quion Rock Possession Is.
35°
Pomona Is.
Walvis Bay 18° 19°

D Albatross Is.
Hollams Bird Is.
25° Sylvia Hill Jahleel Is. St Croix Is. Stag Is.

Mercury Is. Seal Is. Plumpudding Is.
A Brenton Rock Bird Is.
LÜderitz Port Elizabeth Sinclair Is.
Possession Is. Cape Recife
Orange R. 26° 15°

30° SOUTH AFRICA Durban

Lambert’s Bay
Port
B Alfred
Extant sites C CAPE TOWN Buffelsbaai Port
Extinct sites Elizabeth
Mossel Bay D Algoa Bay
Seal Is.
35° Cape Aguhas De Hoop Cape St Francis
Aguhas Bank
10° 15° 20° 25° 30° E

Figure 1. The 39 sites where African Penguins have bred or attempted to breed off Namibia and South Africa. Extant colonies are shown
as filled squares and extinct colonies as triangles

Footnote
In 2024, based on counts of numbers of African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus) breeding at localities up until 2023, and population
trajectories projected until 2033, it was recommended that the species be listed as Critically Endangered rather than Endangered (Sherley
et al. 2024).
Sherley RB, Makhado AB, Crawford RJM, Hagen C, Kemper J, Ludynia K, Masotla MJ, McInnes A, Pichegru L, Tom D, Upfold
L, Waller LJ. 2024. The African Penguin Spheniscus demersus should be considered Critically Endangered. Ostrich. DOI:
10.2989/00306525.2024.2355618.

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