Icadyptes Animal Pictures

Icadyptes salasi

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Icadyptes salasi, a giant penguin from the Late Eocene of Peru, after Clarke, 2007, pencil drawing, digital coloring

Icadyptes — © Nobu Tamura (http://spinops.blogspot.com), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons — License (Original)

Icadyptes salasi is one of the largest species of penguins to have ever existed. In fact, it is the third largest penguin known to man.

Comparison of the primitive penguins Icadyptes (top) and Inkayacu, from Eocene Peru

Primitive penguin comparison — © 600 × 835 pixels, file size: 79 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg — License (Original)

The full interpretation of Icadyptes’ name means "diving bird found in Peru."