Macaroni Penguin photograph, Eudyptes chrysolophus

Macaroni penguins, 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., Eudyptes chrysolophus, natural history stock photograph, photo id 24478
Macaroni penguins, 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.

This image is featured in: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island

Species: Macaroni penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island
Image ID: 24478
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: animal, animalia, atlantic, aves, bird, chordata, chrysolophus, eudyptes, eudyptes chrysolophus, hercules bay, macaroni penguin, oceans, penguin, sea bird, seabird, south georgia island, spheniscidae, sphenisciformes, united kingdom, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
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