Over one million penguins in Argentina to migrate

Penguins pack on a beach at Punta Tombo peninsula in Argentina's Patagonia, on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017.

A record number of penguins have gathered on the Punta Tombo peninsula in Argentina for migration.

The world's largest colony of Magellanic penguins come on shore in September and October. Both male and female of the flightless birds take turns sitting on their eggs and hunting for food.

The birds are around 50 centimeters tall and have a broad crescent of white feathers that extends from above each eye to the chin and a small area of pink flesh on the face.

The penguins breed in large colonies in southern Argentina and Chile and migrate to the north between March and September.

 


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