King penguins

by Usha Peddamatham

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King penguins

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Usha Peddamatham

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Photograph - Digital Photographs

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The king penguin is a large species of penguin, second only to the emperor penguin in size.No other bird has a longer breeding cycle than King Penguins. They take 14 to 16 months to fledge a single chick. During the winter, chicks may be left to fast for from one to five months (May to September/October). Adults can rear a maximum of only two chicks every three years.Restricted to the sub-Antarctic belt, well north of Emperor Penguins. Breeding colonies are found on Falkland (re-colonised after extermination), South Georgia, Marion, Prince Edward, Crozet (over half of the world’s population), Kerguelen, Heard (re-colonised after extermination), and Macquarie Islands. At sea, King Penguins are usually found in ice-free waters. Telemetry studies have shown that they forage particularly along the polar front.Restricted to the sub-Antarctic belt, well north of Emperor Penguins.

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September 22nd, 2017

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