Site Report: South Georgia Island - Gold Harbor
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus)
Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
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King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus)
Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
Antarctic Prion (Pachyptila desolata)
Fairy Prion (Pachyptila turtur)
Penguins
Visits
- 2021-12-01: On this day, we visited a huge King Penguin colony. The number of penguins was certainly greater than 100,000. David Attenborough's boat was sitting in the harbor for some filming.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (21 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(21 records)
Class: Birds
(19 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(1 record)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Yellow-billed Pintail (Anas georgica)
- Order: Pelicans
(5 records)
- Family: Cormorants
- South Georgia Shag (Leucocarbo georgianus)
- Family: Jaegers and Skuas
- Brown Skua (Stercorarius antarcticus)
- Family: Sheathbills
- Snowy Sheathbill (Chionis albus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(1 record)
- Family: Wagtails and Pipits
- South Georgia Pipit (Anthus antarcticus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)
- Order: Tubenoses (10 records)
- Family: Shearwaters and Petrels
- Southern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- Northern Giant-Petrel (Macronectes halli)
- White-chinned Petrel (Procellaria aequinoctialis)
- Family: Southern Storm Petrels
- Black-bellied Storm-Petrel (Fregetta tropica)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Phocidae
- Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
- Order: Cetacea
(1 record)
- Family: Balaenopteridae
- Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae)