ARGENTINA – Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) researchers have announced the discovery of a new colony of Magellanic penguins on a remote island in Argentina.
The penguins were found on the eastern side of Isla de los Estados off the eastern tip of Tierra del Fuego at the southernmost end of the South American continent.
Researchers made the discovery while surveying a known colony of rockhopper penguins that they had been tracking by remote cameras for two years.
When the researchers eventually accessed an unexplored area of the rockhopper colony, they discovered the telltale nesting burrows of Magellanic penguins hidden in tall grasses.
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| A Magellanic penguin on Isla de los Estados. Credit: Ulises Balza. |
Researchers made the discovery while surveying a known colony of rockhopper penguins that they had been tracking by remote cameras for two years.
When the researchers eventually accessed an unexplored area of the rockhopper colony, they discovered the telltale nesting burrows of Magellanic penguins hidden in tall grasses.
