Adelie penguin, adult feeding chick by regurgitating partially digested food into the chick's mouth. The pink food bolus, probably consisting of krill and marine invertebrates, can be seen being between the adult and chick's beaks. Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 25170
Format: Digital 2:3
Species: Adelie penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 25170
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: adeliae, adelie, adelie penguin, animal, animalia, aves, bird, british antarctic territory, brush-tailed penguin, chordata, coronation island, oceans, penguin, pygoscelis, pygoscelis adeliae, sea bird, seabird, shingle cove, south orkney islands, southern ocean, spheniscidae, sphenisciformes, united kingdom, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Bird > Penguin > Adelie Penguin
- Location > Oceans > Southern Ocean > South Orkney Islands
- Location > World > United Kingdom > British Antarctic Territory > South Orkney Islands > Coronation Island > Shingle Cove
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