Penguins


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 Generic Penguin
 1930's Wind-Up Toy
 Penguin Container Tin
 "Hatched in Seattle" (caffine of 3 mints = 1 coca cola)
 Penguin Holiday Card
 Hallmark
 Penguin Refrigerator Car
 Marklin
 


Emperor Penguin & Chicks
Aptenodytes forsteri
Six month old chicks atop parents' feet
Mawson Coast
Northeast Antarctica

Emperor Penguin & Chicks

Aptenodytes forsteri
Two month chicks in brood pouch 
Riiser-Lawsen Ice Shelf
North Antarctica 

Emporer Penguins
Aptenodytes forsteri
Rookery, Amanda Bay
Ingrid Christensen Coast
Rauer Islands, Northeastern Antarctica

Adelie Penguin & Chick
Pygoscelis adeliae
Male & female take turns incubating
Two chicks hatch but only one survives
Pennell Coast, Southern Antarctica
                                                                                                                                       

Adelie Penguins

Pygoscelis adeliae
Ice floe near Possession Islands
Ross Sea, Southern Antarctica

Adelie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae
28 inches tall
Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula

Adelie Penguin & Chick
Pygoscelis adeliae
Borchgrevink Coast
Cape Hallett, Antarctica

Adelie Penguins
Pygoscelis adeliae
Ross Ice Shelf
Ross Sea, Southern Antarctica
                                                                                                                                       


                                                                                         
Souith
Georgia
Island
Macaroni Penguins
Eudyptes chrysolophus
South Georgia Island
Macaroni Penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus
27 inches tall
South Georgia Island
King Penguin Fledgling
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Bay of Isles
South Georgia Island
King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus
3 feet tall
South Georgia Island
King Penguins
Aptenodytes patagonicus
St. Andrews Bay
South Georgia Island



                                                                                                              
MacQuarie Island,
Tasmania

King Penguins
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Sharing beach with Elephant Seals
MacQuarie Island, Tasmania
Royal Penguins
Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli
28 inches tall
Macquarie Island, Tasmania
Royal Penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus schlegeli
Portrait
Macquarie Island, Tasmania



                                                                                                                                              
Falkland Islands
(Islas Malvinas)
King Penguins
Aptenodytes patagonicus
Chicks fledge in 15 months
Falkland Islands
Magellanic Penguin
Spheniscus magellanicus
Falkland Islands 

Rockhopper Penguins
Eudyptes chrysocome
27 inches tall
Falkland Islands 




                                                                                                                                                           
Graham Land
Chinstrap Penguins
Pygoscelis antarctica
27 inches tall, uncrested
Deception Island, Graham Land
Chinstrap Penguins
Pygoscelis antarctica
("Bearded Penguin")
Bransfield Island, Graham Land
Chinstrap Penguins
Pygoscelis antarctica
Chicks from 2 eggs are incuabated in 1 month
Dundee Island, Antarctic Peninsula
Chinstrap Penguin
Pygoscelis antarctica
"one of the brushtailed species of Penguins"
Anderssonille Island, Antarctic Peninsula




                                                                             
South Shetland Islands & Antarctic Peninsula
Gentoo Penguins
Pygoscelis papua
30 inches tall, 12 lbs
Cape Lloyd
South Shetland Islands
Gentoo Penguins
Pygoscelis papua
30 inches tall, 12 lbs
Clarence Island,
South Shetland Islands
Jackass Penguin
Spheniscus demersus
("Cape" or "Black-Footed" Penguin)
15 inches tall, 6-7 lbs
Dassen Island, South Africa
Humboldt Penguin
Spheniscus Humboldti
("Peruvian Penquin")
[endangered species]
Peru
Aftrican Black-Footed Penguin
Sphemiscus demersus
[threatened species)
Breeds on 18 islands
Southwest Coast of Africa



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