black breast band; pink bill base (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)


Galapagos Penguin
Spheniscus mendiculus

Native Range: South America

Notes: this species is indeginous to the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, thus making it the most "tropical" of all penguin species (although the waters it inhabits are still cold due to current patterns and upwelling in these islands; no sexual dimorphism.

showing backs of their heads (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)
resting on rocky land (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)

posing for the camera (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)
kissing (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)

eyeing one another (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)
flightless, like all penguins (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)

swimming (Galapagos Islands, Ecuador; 2005-06-07)