Flipping Brilliant

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Chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica

Baily Head, Deception Island

This elegant species nests by the hundreds of thousands on the South Shetland Islands at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula.

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Adélie penguins, Pygoscelis adelie

Davis Station, Antarctica

Adélies were first described on French explorer Admiral Dumont d'Urville's 1841 expedition and were named in honor of his wife, Adélie.

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Adélie penguins

Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica

Adélies are found all the way around the Antarctic continent and on neighboring islands, but they are rarely seen beyond the Antarctic convergence, the northern limit of colder water.

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Adélie penguin (l.) and emperor penguin (r.), Aptenodytes forsteri

Auster Rookery, Antarctica

These are both true Antarctic species breeding on the Antarctic continent. Adélies breed in the brief summer, while the emperors breed in the winter.