Overview
- Municipal responders in Vicente López rescued the bird on March 11 and transferred it to Fundación Temaikén’s wildlife recovery center.
- Veterinarians report the penguin is stable, hydrated, and feeding, with checks and lab analyses returning favorable results.
- The animal is a king penguin, a subantarctic species seldom seen so far north, roughly 2,500 kilometers from its typical range.
- Fundación Temaikén’s Cristian Gillet says the bird likely finished molting unusually far north and was carried upriver by currents during a recent sudestada.
- Once fully recovered, the penguin will be released on beaches in southern Buenos Aires, an area within the species’ feeding grounds that offers safe access back to the sea.