Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula

Adélie penguins are named after the wife of the French Antarctic explorer Dumont d’Urville. They breed in very large colonies, often 20,000 – 30,000 birds, sometimes more than 100,000, all around the Antarctic continent. Adélies are shallow divers feeding mainly on krill and other euphausiids. They seem to breed most successfully when krill is locally…

  • Produced by:
    Peter Prokosch
  • Year:
    01/12/2016

Adélie Penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae), Antarctic Peninsula

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