Order: Sphenisciformes | Family: Spheniscidae | IUCN Status: Near Threatened
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Punta Tombo, Argentina
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. P. Valdez, Argentina
Age: Adult & Juveniles | Sex: Unknown | Loc. P. Valdez, Argentina
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. P. Valdez, Argentina
Status: The Magellanic penguins is considered a regular vagrant in Peru. Photographic records have been reported from Punta San Juan, and Paracas Peninsula in Ica, and Punta Coles, Tacna.
Name in Spanish: Pingüino de Magallanes.
Sub-species: Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus), Forster, JR, 1781.
Meaning of Name: Spheniscus: Gr. Sphen= Wedge-shaped, refers to the shape of Penguin’s body. magellanicus: L. magellani, magellanica= referring or originating from the Strait of Magellan in southern South America.
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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.