Adelie penguins in Antarctica

Submitted by Jürgen Tenckhoff on Mon, 07/19/2021 - 13:05

The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is its only habitat. It is the most widely spread penguin species,[2] as well as the most southerly distributed of all penguins, along with the emperor penguin. It is named after Adélie Land, in turn named for Adèle Dumont d'Urville, the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, who first discovered this penguin in 1840.[ (Wikipedia)

Photos: Courtesy of Dr. Michael Wenger, Schweiz

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