Magellanic penguins

Photographer: Nacho Libre
From: Day 192 - after 6 months of heading south I finally have to turn around

Magellanic penguins

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. The decline of fish populations is also responsible, as well as predators including sea lions and giant petrels, which prey on both the chicks and the adults.