Baby Birdorable: African Penguin

May 17, 2011 in Penguins and Baby Birds with 4 comments

If you think our Birdorable birds are cute as adults, what about when they are babies? Below are some baby photos (shared via Flickr) of the African Penguin. African Penguins breed colonially, like most other penguin species. They use burrows or natural depressions on a rocky surface as a nesting site. Usually two eggs are laid and incubation takes approximately 40 days. Both parents incubate the eggs and brood the hatchlings, which may fledge after 60 days or up to 130 days after hatching.

South African penguin and egg by galeforce.19

African penguin (jackass penguin)chicks Boulders Beach Simons Town South AFrica by mpp26

African penguin with chick, Boulders Beach, South Africa by Paul Mannix

357 by liquidpremium

African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) with chick

African Penguin chick flappin by giles.breton

Penguin and Parent by funkymelody

African Penguin with Chick, Boulders by Photovolcanica

Pretty cute, right? Be sure to check out our Birdorable African Penguin t-shirts and gifts!

Comments

Jenna on July 27, 2011 at 9:38 AM wrote:

AFRICAN penguins? thats very interesting.

Jeffrey Abrahams on May 12, 2016 at 9:45 AM wrote:

Hi, I'm a photographer with the Cape Times, and we'd like permission to use the picture of the South African penguin with egg. For tomorrow's paper. I'd appreciate a response soonest. Thanks. 021-4884205

Heather Richards on November 13, 2016 at 11:25 PM wrote:

Penguin llama.

Nejat on December 25, 2020 at 11:10 AM wrote:

Wow.

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