Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) mate during breeding season, the Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South America

Adult gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua), mating at Booth Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions

Adult king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) amongst chicks at breeding colony at Gold Harbour, South Georgia Island, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguin pair (Pygoscelis papua), mating at breeding colony site on Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis Papua), performing a mating ritual in the Antarctic peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua), mating at breeding colony on Barrientos Island, Antarctica, Polar Regions

King Penguins on Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, with passengers from an expedition cruise.

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) courtship in a colony of nesting animals numbering between 70,000 and 100,000 nesting pairs on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean.

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) mating behavior at breeding and nesting colony at St. Andrews Bay on South Georgia, Southern Ocean.

Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) mating (male on top), Cuverville Island, Antarctica, Southern Ocean.

Adult Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) pair mating in the Galapagos Island Group, Ecuador

King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, displaying to attract a mate, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean.

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) courtship near colony of nesting animals numbering between 70,000 and 100,000 nesting pairs on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean.

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) pair in colony of nesting animals numbering between 70,000 and 100,000 nesting pairs on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean.

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) mock-mating (it is not mating season) on the beach on Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula. Adelie penguins are truly an ice dependant penguin species.

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) pair courtship in colony of nesting animals numbering between 70,000 and 100,000 nesting pairs on Salisbury Plain on South Georgia Island, South Atlantic Ocean.

King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) breeding and nesting colonies on South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean.

African Penguins (Spheniscus demersus), copulating, Boulders Beach, Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), adult, pair, on the beach, copula, Boulders Beach, Simonstown, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Magellanic Penguins (Spheniscus Magellanicus), Punta Arenas, Magallanes, Chile