Return of Bird of the Week: King Penguin
This week – and for the next few weeks – we’ll spend some time in the Southern Ocean. Specifically, on the extraordinary South Georgia Island. South Georgia offers concentrations of wildlife that are simply incredible. Not the least of those concentrations are the breeding colonies of King Penguins. The breeding colony at Salisbury Plain may be the largest number of breeding animals at once place left on this planet. Up to 100,000 King Penguins breed there. Ridiculously handsome, photogenic and charismatic, the King Penguin is the poster child for its clade, Spheniscidae, the penguin family. It was a privilege to visit…
Bird of the Week – King Penguin
The King Penguin, after its for famous cousin, the Emperor, is the largest penguin on the planet. And, arguably, the most handsome. The bird on the right is the male; the two on the left are females. While it looks like a Three Musketeers routine, in fact the male is choosing a mate. This photo is from Elsehul, on the northwest end of South Georgia. For more bird images, please visit Frozen Feather Images.