Caption

Rockhopper penguins (Eudyptes chrysocome), pair grooming each other in the colony, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands

Date

Oct 14, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Stefan Nehls

Reference

BRK26G51_400

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

96.9Mb (32.3Mb) / 23.8in x 15.8in / 7126 x 4751 (300dpi)

Keywords

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