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King penguin portrait.
The penguins will approach you If you sit still or lay down on the beach and you can get close-up photos of individuals very easily. This photo is taken at St. Andrews Bay where more than 200.000 birds breed
King penguins have colourful feathers around their necks and heads, with they are the brightest of all the species of penguin and there is an estimated world population of 2 million breeding pairs (some estimates up to 3.2 million). The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguin at about 90 cm (3 ft) tall and weighing 11 to 16 kg (24 to 35 lb)
Classification Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Aptenodytes Species: Aptenodytes patagonicus
Keywords: single, lone, close-up, face
Allan HansenDenmark
IT-professional / Photographer