Pygoscelis = brush-tailed penguins

Gentoo penguin :

• recognised by the wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of their heads
• largest pygoscelis species
• orange beak
• long, stiff feathers from tail stand out when they walk
• about 75 to 80 cm tall

• remarkable through black head and white ring around the eye
• stereotype for a man in smoking
• beak is short, red with black tip
• about 70 cm tall

• easily distinguished by the thin black stripe across the bottom of the throat
• white on the front and throat and a black back
• very noisy and aggressive
• about 70 to 75 cm tall