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Gentoo Penguins were the most widely distributed species that we saw on the voyage. They were the only species that we saw both in the Falkland Islands and in the Antarctic. We saw them on Carcass Island, Volunteer Point on East Falkland Island, Cape Lookout on Elephant Island, Andvord Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula, and Hannah Point on Livingtone Island.
The Gentoo Penguin rookery on Carcass island was located a fair
distance from the beach. Gentoo Penguins have orange beaks and
orange feet. They have white spots on either side of their head
that are joined by a white stripe over the top of the head. They
don't build nests or dig burrows.
They stand, clustered in colonies.
As we approached the colony, a group of Gentoo
Penguins that had been on the other side of the trail from the
colony came running down the hill. They charged right through the
middle of our group, as fast as their stubby little penguin feet
could carry them, to join the other penguins.
Gentoo Penguins are easily distinguished by their orange feet and
white head spots.
This Gentoo Penguin is sharing the rocky beach at Cape Lookout
with a female Southern Elephant.
There is a Gentoo Penguin rookery located on the rocks above the
beach at Neko Harbor in Andvord Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula.
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Adult Gentoo Penguins eventually work their way to the rookery
farther up the hill near the foot of a small glacier. The chicks
are all located up at the rookery.
Gentoo Penguins generally maintain a larger personal space than
some of the other species of Penguins.
Feeding chases happening all the time in the
rookeries. Pairs of fat, gray and white, down-covered Gentoo
Penguin chicks chase slender black and white adults in order to
get their ration of krill. The chicks are fatter than the adult
penguins and they are nearly as tall.
A Gentoo Penguin parent regurgitates another
meal of krill into its chick's mouth.
A Chinstrap Penguin and a Gentoo
Penguin encounter each other at the boundary between the
rookeries.
Hear the Gentoo and Chinstrap Penguins.
Environmental Research Unit, Falkland Islands background information about the Gentoo Penguin.
Background information about the Gentoo Penguin.
Penguin index
page.You can buy a 2020 Calendar featuring my photographs of penguins taken in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands.
A dozen pictures of penguins taken in Antarctica and the Falkland Islands. Penguin species pictured include:
Gentoo
Adele
Chinstrap
Rockhopper
Macaroni
Magellanic
King.
Locations where the photographs were taken in the Falkland Islands include:
New Island
Carcass Island
Volunteer Point.
Antarctic locations include:
Paulet Island
Cape Lookout on Elephant Island.
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