Mating Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome), subspecies Southern R. Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome, during spring on Saunders Island. South America, Falkland Islands, October

eudyptes crestatus aptenodytes crestata eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome island antarctica adult female male couple beak tenderness portrait profile shot mating rock shore endemic falkland islands apteros eudyptes vulnerable (iucn) vu october southern rockhopper penguin (eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome) south atlantic ocean nobody islands small island islet small islands islets adults females males beaks affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses portraits profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view couple (to) sexual intercourse copulation copulate coupling up coupled coupling copulations copulating sexual intercourses cover (to) couplings up rocky coast rock shores rocky coasts rocky shore rocky shores endemics endemic species falkland islas malvinas falkland islands archipelago vulnerable species southern rockhopper penguin (aptenodytes crestata) southern rockhopper penguin (eudyptes crestatus) southern atlantic with nobody landform earth's crust stage of development individual pair enumeration morphology (zoology) morphology organism emotion shot sexual reproduction reproduction species strand area species particularity south america america spheniscidae sphenisciformes aves sauropsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species rockhopper penguin (eudyptes chrysocome) penguin aptera bird sauropsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal atlantic ocean world sea and ocean