The Falkland steamer duck, known locally as the logger duck, is a flightless bird endemic to the Falkland Islands. Numerous in the islands, they are found along all low-lying coasts where there is shelter from the full force of the South Atlantic Ocean. Photo © Angela Rowlands
We belong to BirdLife International, Falkland steamer duck the global partnership of bird conservation organisations Tachyeres brachypterus Falklands Conservation is a charity taking action for nature in the Falkland Islands. UK Registered Charity Number: 1073859. Company Registration Number: 03661322. Falklands Conservation is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. The smallest and most agile of the penguin species breeding in the Falkland Islands, aptly named for its ability to hop up steep cliffs to its preferred nesting site, where it is often found breeding in shared colonies with black-browed albatrosses and imperial shags. Photo © Angela Rowlands
We belong to BirdLife International, the global partnership of bird Southern rockhopper penguin conservation organisations Falklands Conservation is a charity taking action for nature in the Falkland Islands. Eudyptes chrysocome UK Registered Charity Number: 1073859. Company Registration Number: 03661322. Falklands Conservation is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. One of only two endemic birds found in the Falkland Islands. The Cobb’s wren is a small passerine bird that inhabits offshore islands which are free of rodents, cats and foxes and can be seen foraging on boulder beaches. Photo © Steve Sadlet
We belong to BirdLife International, Cobb’s wren the global partnership of bird conservation organisations Troglodytes cobbi Falklands Conservation is a charity taking action for nature in the Falkland Islands. UK Registered Charity Number: 1073859. Company Registration Number: 03661322. Falklands Conservation is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. Known locally as ‘johnny rooks’, these curious birds of prey predominantly breed on the outer and uninhabited islands of the Falklands and are rarely seen on East Falkland. An estimated 600 pairs breed in the Falkland Islands but only 1 in 20 juveniles survive to adulthood. Photo © Tamas Farkas
We belong to BirdLife International, Striated caracara the global partnership of bird conservation organisations Phalcoboenus australis Falklands Conservation is a charity taking action for nature in the Falkland Islands. UK Registered Charity Number: 1073859. Company Registration Number: 03661322. Falklands Conservation is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. The Falkland Islands is home to around 70% of the world’s population of black-browed albatross. They spend vast amounts of their time at sea returning only to their breeding colonies on land. They can mate for life having reached maturity after seven years and can live for up to 50 years. Photo © Aniket Sardana
We belong to BirdLife International, Black-browed albatross the global partnership of bird conservation organisations Thalassarche melanophrys Falklands Conservation is a charity taking action for nature in the Falkland Islands. UK Registered Charity Number: 1073859. Company Registration Number: 03661322. Falklands Conservation is a company limited by guarantee in England and Wales. The Falkland Islands is a self-governing UK Overseas Territory comprising 2 main and 778 smaller islands. It is home to around 2,500 people, two-thirds of the world’s black-browed albatrosses as well as the world’s largest colonies of gentoo penguin and southern giant petrel. 14 plant and 2 bird species are endemic.
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