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| In this section I've drawn together a number of our wildlife photos from the Antartic. I've made no comments to the life habits etc. as there are already 100s of pages on the Internet featuring them and everyone far better than anything I could say. So for each species I've provided a link to further details. |
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| Seals |
| Penguins |
| Albatross & Petrels |
| Other Antarctic Birds |
| Sub-Antarctic Birds |
| Introduced species |
Whales |
Fin Whale - Balaenoptera physalus |
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Killer Whales - Orcinus orca |
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Humpback Whales - Megaptera novaeangliae
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Seals |
Antarctic Fur Seals - Arctocephalus gazella |
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Southern Elephant Seals - Mirounga leonina |
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Weddell Seal - Leptonychotes weddellii
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Crabeater Seals - Lobodon carcinophagus |
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Leopard seal - Hydrurga leptonyx |
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Penguins |
Rockhopper Penguins - Eudyptes chrysocome |
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Gentoo Penguins - Pygoscelis papua |
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King Penguins - Aptenodytes patagonicus |
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Chinstrap Penguins - Pygoscelis antarcticus |
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Macaroni Penguins - Eudyptes chrysolophas |
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Adelie Penguins - Pygoselis adeliae |
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Albatross & Petrels |
Southern Giant Petrel - Macronectes giganteus |
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Black-browed Albatross - Thalassarche melanophris |
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Wandering Albatross - Diomedea exculans |
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Light-Mantled Sooty Albatross - Phoebetria palpebrata |
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Other Antarctic Birds |
Antarctic (Dove) Prions Pachyptila desolata |
Sheathbills Chionis albus |
Brown Skua Stercorarius (Catharacta) antarcticus |
Cape Petrel (Cape Pigeon) Daption capense capense |
South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormacki |
Antarctic Tern |
Blue-eyed Shag Phalacrocorax Atriceps |
Sub-Antarctic Birds |
Magellanic Oystercatcher Haematopus leucopodus |
Dolphin Gull Larus scoresbii |
King Cormorant Phalacrocorax Atriceps |
Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata |
Plover |
Pintail Duck |
Falklands (Striated) Caracara (Juvenile) Phalcoboenus australis |
Upland Geese Chloephaga picta leucoptera |
Falklands Austral Thrush Turdus f. falcklandii |
Long-tailed Meadowlark Sturnella loyca falklandica |
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura falklandicus |
Black-chinned Siskin Carduelis Barbata |
Tussockbird Cinclodes a. antarticus |
Falklands Brown (Subantarctic) Skua Stercorarius (catharacta) antarcticus |
Snowy (American) Sheathbill Chionis albus |
Greater Kelp Geese Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum |
Black-Crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax falklandicus |
Ruddy-Headed Goose Chloephaga rubidiceps |
Kelp (Dominican) Gull Larus dominicanus |
Flying Steamer Ducks Thachyeres patachonicus |
Falkland Flightless Steamerduck Thachyeres brachypterus |
South Georgia Shag Phalacrocorax georgianus |
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Blue-eyed Shag Phalacrocorax Atriceps |
Introduced Species |
Reindeer Rangifer Tarandus |
The plan is to remove the reindeer from South Georgia and ship them to the Falklands in the next couple of years (as of 2006) |