King penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Aptenodytes patagonicus
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Penguin
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Habitat
- Polar regions, Ocean
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Medium
Did you know?
- It builds no nest: the parents balance the single egg on their feet under a fold of belly skin.
- It can dive deeper than 300 metres, far below where most other penguins go.
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Similar animals
- Emperor penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
- Secretarybird
Sagittarius serpentarius
- Greater flamingo
Phoenicopterus roseus
Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q182209 · All animals · All entries