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Spheniscus magellanicus Skull Replica or Magellanic Penguin measures 5.5 in. Magellanic Penguin Skull Replica is museum quality polyurethane cast. 2-part skull (separate cranium & jaw). Made in USA.
Spheniscus magellanicus Skull Replica can be used as a birdwatching teaching tool, museum bird skull exhibit, home décor bird skull, or office décor skull.
The Spheniscus magellanicus or Magellanic penguin is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Patagonia, including Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil and Uruguay, where they are occasionally seen as far north as Espirito Santo.
Vagrants have been found in El Salvador, the Avian Island in Antarctica, Australia, and New Zealand.
It is the most numerous of the Spheniscus banded penguins. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Humboldt penguin, and the Galápagos penguins.
The Magellanic penguin was named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted the birds in 1520. The species is listed as being of Least Concern by the IUCN.
Spheniscus magellanicus or Magellanic penguins are medium-sized penguins which grow to be 24–30 in. tall and weigh between 6.0 and 14.3 lb. The males are larger than the females, and the weight of both drops while the parents raise their young.
Adults have black backs and white abdomens. There are two black bands between the head and the breast, with the lower band shaped in an inverted horseshoe.
The head is black with a broad white border that runs from behind the eye, around the black ear-coverts and chin, and joins at the throat.
Like other species of penguins, the Magellanic penguin has very rigid wings used to swim under water.
Spheniscus magellanicus or Magellanic penguin chicks and younger penguins have grey-blue backs, with a more faded grey-blue color on their chest.
Young birds usually have a blotched pattern on their feet, which fades as they grow up into adulthood. By the time these birds reach about ten years of age, their feet usually become all black.
Magellanic penguins can live up to 25 years in the wild, but as much as 30 years in captivity. Captain Eo, a male Magellanic penguin at the San Francisco Zoo, died in 2022 at the age of 40.
