Magellanic penguin: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Spheniscus magellanicus

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A Magellanic penguin stands near a burrow on rocky ground, with many other penguins and burrows scattered across the landscape on an island in Patagonia, Chile.

Magellanic penguin colony

Magellanic penguin nest

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Magellanic penguin

Magellanic penguin, left (Spheniscus magellanicus), and king shag (Phalacrocorax albiventer), watercolour and pencil by Roger Tory Peterson, from his book Penguins (1979); Houghton Mifflin

Gloved hand holds a vial with penguin feces; two Magellanic penguins look on from the right, with emphasis marks on the sample.

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Watch Magellanic penguins gathering to breed on Valdés Peninsula, Argentina

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