Stock Photo - Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus at a breeding and molting site on East Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic MORE INFO Nests are built under bushes or in burrows Two eggs are laid Magellanic Penguins mate with the same partner year after year Millions of these penguins still live on the coasts of Chile and Argentina, but the species is classified as ´Near Threatened,´ primarily due to the vulnerability of large breeding colonies to oil spills, which kill 20,000 adults and 22,000 juveniles every year off the coast of Argentina

Stock Photo: Magellanic penguin Spheniscus magellanicus at a breeding and molting site on East Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic  MORE INFO Nests are built under.

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