chin-strap
penguin
This colourful bird is arguably the most beautiful of penguins. In comparison to the other penguins, except the Royal Penguins, they have a white face. Though separated from there white belly by a thin dark line running through the lower part of their chin-therefore the name.
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The Chin-strap Penguins mostly breed around the Antarctic Peninsula on South Georgia, South Orkney, South Shetland, and South Sandwich Islands (vast numbers on the latter). Small numbers also breed on Bouvetøya, Peter First, Heard and Balleny Islands.
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