Adult © Pablo Alejandro Pla
© Fernando Farias
Adult © Patrick MONNEY
Adult © Noah Strycker
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Adult © Andrew Spencer

Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus

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Identification

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Fairly common to locally common; often seen in inshore waters and from ferries. Breeds around coasts of southern Chile, Argentina, and in the Falklands; nests in colonies in underground burrows. Only identification concern is limited range overlap in central Chile with Humboldt Penguin, which has single (not double) black breast band, narrower white eyebrow, and big pink patch at base of bill. Immatures of the two species very similar and not always safely identified in the field, but Humboldt often shows big pink patch at base of bill.

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