#ChinstrapPenguin

2025-04-23
Chinstrap penguins at Melchior Islands, Antarctica

#penguin #chinstrappenguin #antarctica #wildlife #birds #canon
Three chinstrap penguins hang out on a snow bank atop some gray rocks in Antarctica
Maudeux Creations 🎨🐦maudeuxcreations@piaille.fr
2025-03-29

🇫🇷 Je n’ai que très peu de temps pour faire des croquis quand je suis en contrat en Antarctique, mais voici une exception ! ✏️❄️
Croquis réalisés pendant que je cherchais des cétacés depuis la passerelle du navire. 🐋👀
🇬🇧 I barely have time to sketch when I’m working in Antarctica, but here’s an exception! ✏️❄️
Sketches made while searching for whales from the ship’s bridge. 🐋👀
#Antarctique #ChinstrapPenguin #CroquisNaturaliste #CarnetDeTerrain #CrayonDePapier #Aquarelle #IllustrationScientifique #Ornithologie #FaunePolaire #ExplorationPolaire #ExpéditionScientifique #DessinTraditionnel #ArtEtScience #Océan #Baleines #MarineWildlife #NatureIllustration

Croquis de manchot à jugulaire en train de se toiléter avec un petit fond aquarelle bleu.Croquis de trois manchot à jugulaire au crayon avec un fond à l'aquarelle bleu. Le manchot de face est assez impactant avec le raccourci du bec
Time Isn’t Real Crooshpseudonymsupreme@pnw.zone
2024-12-22

It’s been absolutely blissful being removed from almost everything for weeks. #Antarctica was incredible and reinvigorating. Here’s a pic of a #chinstrappenguin posing in its colony from a couple days ago. #nature #penguin #Birdstodon #birds

A chinstrap penguin in its nesting colony in Antarctica with snowy mountains in the background.
Birds of the World 🌍🦜mybirdcards@mastodon.world
2024-11-06

🌍🌏🌎 Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) #AntarcticBirds | #ChinstrapPenguin #RingedPenguin #BeardedPenguin #StonecrackerPenguin | #BrushTailedPenguins #Penguins #Waterbirds 📷: Photo by Herrcut 🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏🌎 Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) 

Chinstrap penguins are easily recognized by the distinctive black band that extends from their eyes to under their chin. They have black backs and white bellies, along with pink legs and feet. These social birds gather in large colonies to breed and raise their young. They are known for their aggressive behavior, especially during territorial disputes, where they may engage in head-bobbing, wing-flapping, and even beak-biting. They are skilled swimmers and divers, using their flippers to propel themselves through the water in search of food.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Circumpolar antarctic regions.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Sphenisciformes (Penguins)
Family: Spheniscidae (Penguins)
Genus: Pygoscelis (Brush-tailed penguins)
Species: P. antarcticus (Chinstrap penguin)

CC: UNZO

📷: Photo by Herrcut via Pixabay
2023-12-10

Nesting chinstrap penguins nod off thousands of times per day, sleeping for only seconds at a time.

#science #sciencefacts #ChinstrapPenguin #penguins #nap #napping #powernap #micronap

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