Which bird species exhibits the southernmost continental breeding colony at Cabo Vírgenes near Rio Gallegos?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. The Magellanic Penguin, with over 130,000 breeding pairs nesting along the beach
- Step 1: Cabo Vírgenes marks the continental entrance to the Strait of Magellan. Step 2. It hosts the second-largest Magellanic penguin colony in South America after Punta Tombo. Answer: The Magellanic Penguin, with over 130,000 breeding pairs nesting along the beach. Why not the others: The historic Cape Virgenes Lighthouse guides ships entering the strait from the Atlantic.
Practise more Fauna, Endemic Species and Marine Ecosystems.
Free questions with an explanation for every one, and full timed General Knowledge (Argentina) mock tests.
More Fauna, Endemic Species and Marine Ecosystems questions
- Which apex predator of northern Argentine forests was declared a National Natural Monument in 2001?
- What is the Carpincho (Capybara / Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris), widespread in Argentine wetlands?
- Which wild camelid is the ancestor of the domestic llama and roams the Patagonian steppe and Puna?
- What delicate high-altitude wild camelid produces one of the finest and most expensive animal fibers in the world?
- Which marine mammal migrates annually to the sheltered waters of Golfo Nuevo in Chubut to breed and calve?
- Where is the largest continental colony of Magellanic Penguins in South America located?