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| Striated caracara feeds upon a gentoo penguin chick it has just killed. Image ID: 24086 Species: Gentoo penguin, Striated caracara, 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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