While foraging for food, African penguins leave their hatchlings in crèches, characteristic groups common to birds that breed in colonies.
African penguin hatchlings are left alone in crèches, or groups, a characteristic common to bird species that breed in large colonies, while their parents forage for food.
• Image | © Bernard DUPONT, Some Rights Reserved (CC BY-SA 2.0)
• Sources | (Cooper, 1978; Crawford, et al., 2006, 2008; Pearce, 2011; Shannon & Crawford, 1999)
