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KING PENGUIN FACTS
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Description
The King Penguin is the largest penguin recorded in Australia. The head is black, back is grey and chest is white. The back of the head has a yellow tear-shaped mark. Bill has pink at base.
Size
91cm
Habitat
oceans, sub-Antarctic islands
Food
fish, squid, crustaceans
Breeding
Breeds on sub-Antarctic islands. Nearest breeding ground to Australia is Macquarie Island and Heard Island.
Range
Has been recorded as a vagrant on coast of Tasmania and Victoria
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Sphenisciformes | | Family: | Spheniscidae | | Genus: | Aptenodytes | | Species: | patagonicus | | Common Name: | King Penguin |
Relatives in same Genus
Emperor Penguin (A. forsteri)
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