Albino chinstrap penguin incubating its eggs on a nest. Albinism is an inherited disorder that results in the lack of an enzyme that controls skin pigmentation. Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) typically lay two eggs,with both parents taking it in turn to incubate them in shifts of 5-10 days. Chicks and eggs are preyed on by sheathbills and brown skuas. Chinstrap penguins feed mainly on krill and small fish. They inhabit the Antarctic peninsula and nearby islands,and are sometimes found on large icebergs in the open ocean. Photographed on Signy Island,South Orkney Islands,British Antarctic Territory | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Allan, Doug |
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