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Average Weight: 15kg - 33lb Average Height: 95cm - 3.1ft Breeding Season: Starts in November or January, a complex breeding system, individuals are either early or late breeders and raise 2 chicks every 3 years. Estimated world population: - 2 million breeding pairs (some estimates up to 3.2 million), increasing. Feeding: Mainly fish, also squid, caught by pursuit diving down to 100m. Unusually for Antarctic animals they eat little krill. Conservation status: Least concern. Distribution: Sub-Antarctic islands 46° to 55° South, some birds winter on the south coast of Argentina, the largest colony is on South Georgia.

Predators: Leopard seals - main predators of adult birds. Skuas - prey on eggs and chicks.
King Penguin Calgary Zoo
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Author Bernard Spragg from Christchurch, New Zealand
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Camera location51° 02′ 46.5″ N, 114° 02′ 10.62″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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