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A Gentoo Penguin family, Pygoscelis papua, on the pebble beach on Macquarie Island, possession of Australia in the Southern Ocean. Canon EOS, zoom lens. (Featured in Images of Endearment, & Other Groups.) (4662 views at 9 September 2015) The gentoo penguin is easily recognized by the wide white stripe extending like a bonnet across the top of its head and its bright orange-red bill. They have orange webbed feet and a fairly long tail - the most prominent tail of all penguins. Chicks have grey backs with white fronts. As the Gentoo penguin waddles along on land, its tail sticks out behind, sweeping from side to side, hence the scientific name Pygoscelis, which means "rump-tailed". Gentoos breed on many sub-Antarctic islands. The mai...