I have been facinated with penguins in Southern Argentina, but cannot
find information about them.  Can you help?

Hi Conpak ~

I like penguins, too! 

I didn't realize southern Argentina even had penguins (not that I can
recall giving it much thought one way or the other), but I found out
there are three species of penguin indiginous to southern Argentina:

   * Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
      (not hard to figure who that was named after)
   * Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
      (looks like a bad hair day on that one)
   * Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
      (his tux has some bright colors to it)

There is some interesting information on these penguins - which are
also in southern Chile and to a lesser degree, the Falkland Islands -
on the International Penguin Conservation Work Group's website:
   - http://www.penguins.cl/patagonia.htm 


I also found a few vivid photos on the Frederico Bechis website.
Bechis is a professional photographer, and his photos of southern
Argentina and Antartica are vivid.
   - http://www.federicobechis.com/english/photos-landscape-antarctica-patagonia-argentina.shtml


Finally, here's a page by a teacher from Helena, Montana who visited a
beach in southern Argentina with lots of penguins. One can tell she
was both enchanted and very curious - and apparently, so were the very
friendly penguins. Click on the smaller pictures to see them in more
detail, but who can resist these guys?
   - http://www.opi.state.mt.us/wtfalcon/Penquin.HTML


Search terms -
  - penguins + southern Argentina
  - penguins + patagonia

Thanks again for asking this question, it gave me the chance to take
the time to get to know these extraordinary birds.

Serenata
Google Answers Researcher

wow, more than I expected.  A very thorough answer.

Hi!!

I live in Argentina and visited the Punta Tombo Penguin Reserve in the
Chubut Province.
Here there are some pages related to this beautiful place.

"Punta Tombo Provincial Reserve":
http://www.interpatagonia.com/paseos/puntatombo/index_i.html

"MAGELLANIC PENGUIN PROJECT Punta Tombo, Chubut, Argentina":
http://faculty.washington.edu/boersma/updates/Tombo_2001_2002.pdf

"RESERVA PROVINCIAL PUNTA TOMBO" (in spanish):
http://www.intertournet.com.ar/Patrimonio_humanidad/puntatombo.htm

"PUNTA TOMBO Life and passion of the Penguins"
http://www.cape1.net/Ingles/puntatombo.html

"Punta Tombo":
http://kim.blueskylimit.com/photos/tombo/

"Magellanic Penguins"
http://www.pbs.org/edens/patagonia/tomboanm.htm

"Weather pattern threatening Argentine penguins" By Vince Stricherz
http://depts.washington.edu/uweek/archives/2000.12.DEC_07/_article7.html

http://www.argentinadiscover.com/images_argentina/sectur3/Img0010.JPG


If you want info related to Argentinian and/or Chilean Patagonia, just ask.

Regards.
livioflores-ga

Hey thanks for the pictures and information.  I had a brother that
lived in Punta Arenas, chile for awhile and I couldn't belive there
were penguines down there!  I guess its just an odd fascination.

Maybe someday he and I will take a trip to Chile and Argentina, but
right now it just wishful thinking!

When I visited Punta Arenas, I went to a "Pingüinera" near the city
(around 1 hour car trip), I toke some fascinating pictures, it was my
first approach to wild penguins.