746-90692 - Climbing through a steep and rocky cliff Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January
746-90691 - Climbing through a steep and rocky cliff Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January
746-90690 - Climbing through a steep and rocky cliff Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January
746-90701 - Colony with chicks in creche and guards on Bleaker Island. Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January
746-90678 - Jumping into the sea from a steep cliff on Bleaker Island. Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January
746-90870 - Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus) in colony of Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) on the Falkland Islands, Bleaker Island. Macaroni Penguins are rare visitors on the Falkland Islands. South America, Subantarctica, Falkland Islands
746-90687 - Going to sea at a rocky coastline on Saunders Island. Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome). South America, Falkland Islands, January
832-388720 - Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, Great Britain, South America. Photo: Matthias Graben, South America
1112-1918 - Adult southern rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island, Falklands, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions
979-9120 - Adult southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean
979-9121 - Adult southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean
979-4423 - Adult Southern Rockhopper Penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) in the Falkland Islands. This is the smallest yellow-crested, black-and-white penguin in the genus Eudyptes. It reaches a length of 45-58 cm (18-23 in) and typically weighs 2-3.4 kg (4.4-7.5 lb), although there are records of exceptionally large rockhoppers weighing 5 kg (11 lbs). Their common name refers to the fact that unlike many other penguins which negotiate obstacles by sliding on their bellies or by awkward climbing using their flipper-like wings as aid, Rockhoppers will try to jump over boulders and across cracks. This behavior is by no means unique to this species however - at least the other "crested" penguins of the genus Eudyptes hop around rocks too. Southern Rockhopper Penguins have a global population of roughly 1 million pairs, perhaps a bit more. About two-thirds of the global population belongs to E. c. chrysocome which breeds on the Falkland Islands and on islands off Argentina and southern Chile. The Southern Rockhopper Penguin is classified as Vulnerable species by the IUCN.
979-9123 - Adult southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean
979-9122 - Adult southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) at breeding and molting colony on New Island in the Falkland Islands, South Atlantic Ocean