Chinstrap penguin
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The chinstrap penguin is a penguin species that inhabits various islands and shores in the Southern Pacific and the Antarctic Oceans. Its name stems from the narrow black band under its head, which ma
South Shetland 2016 Deception Island–Chinstrap penguin 04
Chinstrap penguin colony near Orne Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula
Adult with juveniles
Gentoo penguin
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The gentoo penguin is a penguin species in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related to the Adélie penguin and the Chinstrap penguin. The earliest scientific description was made in 1781 by Johann Re
Chinstrap penguin
…same genus as the king and emperor penguins. In 1990, Graham Turbott transferred this species into the genus Pygoscelis, together with the Adélie and gentoo penguins. This gave it the new name P. antarctica. However, this is an orthographic error due to the disagreement in Latin grammar between Antarctica…
Brown Bluff 2016 Tabarin Peninsula–Gentoo penguin 03
Gentoo penguin in front of a group of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on Saunders Island
A family on Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Egg, Museum Wiesbaden