Sexual and geographic dimorphism in northern rockhopper penguins breeding in the South Atlantic Ocean

A Steinfurth, JM Booth, J White, AL Bond… - Endangered Species …, 2019 - int-res.com
The Endangered northern rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi, like all penguins, is
monomorphic, making sex determination of individuals in the field challenging. We …

Investigation of Babesia sp. in pygoscelid penguins at the South Shetland Islands

RET Vanstreels, FC Ferreira Junior, DA Dutra… - Polar …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Babesia spp. are tick-borne parasites, and 16 avian-infecting species have been described
to date, including one species (Babesia peircei) that infects penguins. Considering the …