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Striated caracara feeds upon a gentoo penguin chick it has just killed.
Image ID: 24086
Species: Striated caracara, Gentoo penguin, Phalcoboenus australis, Pygoscelis papua
Location: Steeple Jason Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom | King penguin colony, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest on South Georgia Island each summer.
Image ID: 24316
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Right Whale Bay, South Georgia Island | Icebreaker M/V Polar Star anchored in the Bay of Isles,offshore of the vast king penguin colony at Salisbury Plain.
Image ID: 24397
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24398
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior including mutual preening.
Image ID: 24399
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, mated pair courting, displaying courtship behavior.
Image ID: 24400
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin colony, over 100,000 nesting pairs, viewed from above. The brown patches are groups of 'oakum boys', juveniles in distinctive brown plumage. Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24404
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick.
Image ID: 24407
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult.
Image ID: 24408
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin colony. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest at Salisbury Plain, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick.
Image ID: 24409
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick.
Image ID: 24410
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin colony at Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island. Over 100,000 pairs of king penguins nest here, laying eggs in December and February, then alternating roles between foraging for food and caring for the egg or chick.
Image ID: 24411
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island |
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Macaroni penguin, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods.
Image ID: 24421
Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Macaroni penguin, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods.
Image ID: 24424
Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island | Macaroni penguin, on the rocky shoreline of Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island. One of the crested penguin species, the macaroni penguin bears a distinctive yellow crest on its head. They grow to be about 12 lb and 28" high. Macaroni penguins eat primarily krill and other crustaceans, small fishes and cephalopods.
Image ID: 24426
Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin colony, over 100,000 nesting pairs, viewed from above. The brown patches are groups of 'oakum boys', juveniles in distinctive brown plumage. Salisbury Plain, Bay of Isles, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24447
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | Oakum boys, juvenile king penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island. Named 'oakum boys' by sailors for the resemblance of their brown fluffy plumage to the color of oakum used to caulk timbers on sailing ships, these year-old penguins will soon shed their fluffy brown plumage and adopt the colors of an adult.
Image ID: 24455
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Salisbury Plain, South Georgia Island | King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak.
Image ID: 24599
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island |
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King penguin, showing ornate and distinctive neck, breast and head plumage and orange beak.
Image ID: 24601
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | King penguin, wing detail. The king penguin uses its wings as flipper underwater, enabling it to swim fast.
Image ID: 24619
Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island | Macaroni penguin, amid tall tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24694
Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
Location: Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island |
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Macaroni penguin, amid tall tussock grass, Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island.
Image ID: 24696
Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
Location: Cooper Bay, South Georgia Island | Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg.
Image ID: 25010
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Adelie penguins leaping into the ocean from an iceberg.
Image ID: 25011
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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Adelie penguins walking on a stone beach.
Image ID: 25012
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Brown Bluff, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A curious Adelie penguin, standing at the edge of an iceberg, looks over the photographer.
Image ID: 25016
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A tiny Adelie penguin stands atop an iceberg.
Image ID: 25017
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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Adelie penguins, in a line, standing on an iceberg.
Image ID: 25018
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A group of Adelie penguins, on packed snow.
Image ID: 25019
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | Adelie penguin chicks, huddle together in a snowstorm for warmth and protection. This group of chicks is known as a creche.
Image ID: 25026
Species: Adelie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean |
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