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Eudyptes chrysolophus

Photo by charelli.
Location: South Georgia.

[edit] Identification

69-76cm. Blue-black above and white below. Black head ending in a V on throat. Bill red-brown with pink fleshy margin at base, feet pink with black soles.

[edit] Distribution

Falklands, South Georgia, South Shetland, South Orkney and South Sandwich Islands.

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Rocky islands.

[edit] Behaviour

It makes a nest of mud, small stones and grass. 1-3, chalky-white or pale bluish or greenish-white eggs are laid in mid-November. Incubated by both parents. Young fed by female and guarded by male but only one usually raised.

Diet includes crustaceans, particularly krill, small fish and squid.

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