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A nesting Adelie penguin. Adults build nests made of small stones, and parentstake turns incubating the two eggs. The French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urvillenamed these penguins after his wife , Adelie. They are the smallest species ofpenguin in the Antarctic.
Credit
NOAA NMFS SWFSC Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program
Photographer
Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece
Display Date
1978
Location
Antarctica, King George Island, Copacabana
Collection
Fisheries