These charismatic flightless birds are funny to watch on land ... 70% of the world’s Rockhopper population is in the Falklands. The macaroni penguin is probably the most abundant penguin species ...

Rockhopper penguin numbers are reported to be stable. According to the most recent count in the Falklands, the number of Gentoo penguin breeding pairs has doubled when compared with the number ...

Pico, whose name means “beak” in Spanish, honors the penguin’s South American roots, while Douglas is named after a settlement on East Falkland Island, home to many rockhopper penguins.

The southern rockhopper subspecies breeds on the Falkland Islands and in southern Chile and southern Argentina. The eastern rockhopper penguin breeds on Prince Edward Island and the Marion Islands in ...