South Shetland Islands, Antarctica
South Shetland Islands
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List of the videos, photographs and sound recordings taken in South Shetland Islands
Materials recorded in South Shetland Islands
List of all the materials recorded in South Shetland Islands, sorted by rating.40 Videos
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A young begging for food to an adult
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 60 sec 4.4
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A young following an adult, begging for food, and the adult showing aggression, unable or unwilling to feed the young
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 59 sec 4.4
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
An adult showing aggression and walking away
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 60 sec 4.4
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A moulting adult eating snow
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 31 sec 4.3
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A group of adults swimming underwater and porpoising to the surface
LocalityDeception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 14 sec 4.3
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A close-up of an adult
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 15 sec 4.3
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
An adult hopping/walking over the rocks
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 33 sec 4.3
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
An adult calling
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 37 sec 4.3
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A young following adult, begging for food
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 59 sec 4.3
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
Some soiled adults in a nesting colony
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 42 sec 4.3
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
An adult feeding a young, and spilling some food
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 45 sec 4.3
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
Adults coming ashore and then being mobbed by juveniles, followed by an adult then feeding a juvenile
LocalitySouth Shetland Islands, Antarctica (ssp ellsworthi) Greg Baker 16 February 2005 34 sec 4.2
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
An adult walking across comparatively even surface
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (Monotypic species) Gus Yaki 05 February 2000 34 sec 4.2
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
Adult standing, lying down and close-up
LocalityDeception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (ssp ellsworthi) Greg Baker 16 February 2005 15 sec 4.2
30 Photographs
Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
A very curious bird.
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Rainer Mönke 01 December 1986 4
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A breeding Chinstrap Penguin.
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Rainer Mönke 01 December 1986 4
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
Chinstrap Penguin preening, frontal view.
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Mark Andrews 13 January 2005 4
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
An adult Chinstrap Penguin hatching a young bird
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Rainer Mönke 18 January 1987 4
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
A Gentoo penguin at the beach
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (ssp ellsworthi) Rainer Mönke 01 January 1987 4
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
A breeding Southern Giant Petrel after heavy snow storm.
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Rainer Mönke 01 January 1986 4
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
in a big colony
LocalityDeception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Marco Valentini 10 January 2008 3.8
Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
A bird with a young
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica (ssp capense) Rainer Mönke 01 January 1987 3.8
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
Chinstrap Penguin resting, lateral view.
LocalityHalf Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Mark Andrews 13 January 2005 3.7
Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis)
An adult bird at nest with two chickens
LocalitySouth Shetland Islands, Antarctica Rainer Mönke 02 December 1986 3.7
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
A bird of the white morph sitting at breeding ground
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Rainer Mönke 04 January 1987 3.6
South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki)
skua flying overhead
LocalitySouth Shetland Islands, Antarctica Jim Nangle 18 January 2009 3.5
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
A group resting on the snow.
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Robson Silva e Silva 10 November 2008 3.5
Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
A breeding Southern Giant Petrel.
LocalityKing George Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica Rainer Mönke 01 December 1986 3.5
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List of the species with videos, photos and sounds taken in South Shetland Islands
Species with materials recorded in South Shetland Islands
List of species with materials recorded in South Shetland Islands. Species that occur in South Shetland Islands but that do not have materials recorded there will not be included in the list.- Penguins (Spheniscidae)
- Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
- Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
- Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
- Albatrosses (Diomedeidae)
- Light-mantled Albatross (Phoebetria palpebrata)
- Petrels and Shearwaters (Procellariidae)
- Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus)
- Cape Petrel (Daption capense)
- Snow Petrel (Pagodroma nivea)
- Storm-petrels (Hydrobatidae)
- Wilson's Storm-petrel (Oceanites oceanicus)
- Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidae)
- Antarctic Shag (Phalacrocorax bransfieldensis)
- Sheathbills (Chionidae)
- Pale-faced Sheathbill (Chionis alba)
- Skuas (Stercorariidae)
- South Polar Skua (Catharacta maccormicki)
- Brown Skua (Catharacta antarctica)
- Gulls (Laridae)
- Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus)
- Terns (Sternidae)
- Antarctic Tern (Sterna vittata)