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Penguins of the Magellan region
Bingham, M.; Mejias, E. (1999). Penguins of the Magellan region. Sci. Mar. (Barc.) 63(S1): 485-493. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1485
In: Scientia Marina (Barcelona). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Institut de Ciènces del Mar: Barcelona. ISSN 0214-8358; e-ISSN 1886-8134, more
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Arntz, W.E.; Ríos, C. (Ed.) (1999). Magellan-Antarctic: Ecosystems that drifted apart. Scientia Marina (Barcelona), 63(Supl. 1). Institut de Ciències del Mar: Barcelona. 518 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.3989/scimar.1999.63s1, more
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Keywords
    Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778 [WoRMS]; Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome (Forster, 1781) [WoRMS]; Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) [WoRMS]; Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781) [WoRMS]; Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781) [WoRMS]
    Marine/Coastal
Author keywords
    Penguin, Magellan, Falkland, Chile, Argentina
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  • Bingham, M.
  • Mejias, E.
Abstract
    The Magellan region, including the Falkland Islands, is one of the world´s most important areas for seabirds, and especially penguins. World-wide there are 17 species of penguin; 7 of these regularly breed around the coastal waters of South America, and 5 within the Magellan region. These are the King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua), Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes c. chrysocome), Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) and Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus). During the last five years, a review of the breeding populations of penguins within the Magellan region was conducted. This work included population censuses of all the surface breeding species throughout the Falkland Islands and southern South America. The results of this work are presented, along with other cited information, to provide a summary of the current knowledge of penguin populations within the Magellan region.
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