Islotes de Puñihuil Natural Monument
Islotes de Puñihuil Natural Monument is a Chilean Natural Monument located 28 km (17 mi) southwest of Ancud. It consists of three islets off the western coast of Chiloé Island. The monument is notable for being the only known shared breeding site for Humboldt and Magellanic penguins. Also is reproduction area of other species, as are the Red-legged Cormorant and Kelp Gull.[1]
References
- ^ Simeone, Alejandro; Roberto P. Schlatter (1998). "Threats to a Mixed-Species Colony of Spheniscus Penguins in Southern Chile". Colonial Waterbirds 21 (3): 418–421. doi:10.2307/1521654. JSTOR 1521654.