Aptenodytes patagonicus

IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Sphenisciformes • Familia: Spheniscidae • Genus: Aptenodytes • Species: Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778

 Vernacular names

English: King Penguin · Afrikaans: koningpikkewyn · български: kралски пингвин · čeština: tučňák patagonský · dansk: kongepingvin · Deutsch: Königspinguin · Esperanto: reĝa pingveno · español: pingüino rey · français: manchot royal · עברית: פינגווין מלכותי · italiano: pinguino reale · 日本語: キングペンギン · Nederlands: koningspinguïn · norsk bokmål: kongepingvin · polski: pingwin królewski · português: pinguim-rei · русский: kоролевский пингвин · slovenčina: tučniak kráľovský, tučniak patagónsky · slovenščina: kraljevski pingvin · svenska: kungspingvin · ไทย: เพนกวินราชา · Türkçe: kral penguen ·

Wikispecies has an entry on: Aptenodytes patagonicus.

• IUCN: Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778 (Least Concern)
  

Subspecies

• Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus
• Aptenodytes patagonicus halli

Eggs

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    Museum specimen

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  Museum specimen

Images

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    South Georgia

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  King Penguin - range map (two sub-species)

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  King Penguin on Heard Island

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  A king penguins group on a beach of Crozet islands

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  Great colony of more than 150.000 king penguins an Salisbury Plain in South Georgia

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  Salisbury Plain in South Georgia

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  Edinburgh Zoo

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  Juvenile king penguin just starting his moult

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  Juvenile king peguin in the middle of the moult

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  A young penguin is loosing its down

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