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Hinke, J. T., Santos, M. M., Korczak-Abshire, M., Milinevsky, G., Watters, G. M. 2019. Individual variation in migratory movements of chinstrap penguins leads to widespread occupancy of ice-free winter habitats over the continental shelf and deep ocean basins of the Southern Ocean. PLoS ONE 14(12): e0226207.
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BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chinstrap Penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus. Downloaded from
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