Birds - Adélie penguin, Antarctic - National Geographic postcard, 2007

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• Picture / Image:  Adélie penguins contemplate the frigid Antarctic waters
• Publisher: National Geographic, 2007
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The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, which is its only habitat. It is the most widely spread penguin species,[2] as well as the most southerly distributed of all penguins, along with the emperor penguin. It is named after Adélie Land, in turn named for Adèle Dumont d'Urville, the wife of French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, who first discovered this penguin in 1840.[3] Adélie penguins obtain their food by both predation and foraging, with a diet of mainly krill and fish.[2]

Based on a 2014 satellite analysis of fresh guano-discoloured red/brown coastal areas, 3.79 million breeding pairs of Adélie penguins are in 251 breeding colonies,[12] a 53% increase over a census completed 20 years earlier. The colonies are distributed around the coastline of the Antarctic land and ocean. Colonies have declined on the Antarctic Peninsula since the early 1980s,[13] but those declines have been more than offset by increases in East Antarctica[citation needed]. During the breeding season, they congregate in large breeding colonies, some over a quarter of a million pairs.[14] Individual colonies can vary dramatically in size, and some may be particularly vulnerable to climate fluctuations.[15] The Danger Islands have been identified as an "important bird area" by BirdLife International largely because it supports Adélie penguin colonies,[16] with 751,527 pairs recorded in at least five distinct colonies. In March 2018, a colony of 1.5 million was discovered.[17][18]

Adélie penguins breed from October to February on shores around the Antarctic continent. Adélies build rough nests of stones. Two eggs are laid; these are incubated for 32 to 34 days by the parents taking turns (shifts typically last for 12 days). The chicks remain in the nest for 22 days before joining crèches. The chicks moult into their juvenile plumage and go out to sea after 50 to 60 days.