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Gentoo Penguin

Pygoscelis papua

Photo by LauraMaria
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Description:

The third largest penguin species in the world. I got some better photos, which I will upload later. The penguins we saw in the sea ice were mainly chinstraps, but I found one gentoo! (The one on the left, on the right is a chinstrap)

Habitat:

Antarctic sea ice, lives out at sea mainly

Notes:

Classed as Near Threatened by CITES

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So wonderful that you were able to photograph these species!

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PublishedMarch 21, 2013

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