Page 1 Penguins Page 1 nr. Curverville Island Antarctic. 53 cm Small penguin, with distinctive white eyelids and short, dark reddy-brown bill. Black head throat and back and silver white under parts. Feet off-white or flesh coloured.
Sexes are similar although females are smaller.
Named after French explorer Dumont d'Urville's wife. Breeding occurs all around the Antarctic continent and peninsula and at some of the more southerly subantarctic islands. There are about 2.5 million breeding pairs known for 177 localities, although there are likely new colonies to discover in little explored sections of the Antarctic coast line. Breeding occurs during summer in large colonies. Diet is mainly Antarctic and ice krill.