Bird

King Penguin

Average Measurments
● Height: 70-100 cm
● Weight: 22-35 lbs

Classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Aptenodytes
Species: patagonicus

In The News
The Cincinnati Zoo brought back King
Penguin Marches! So due to the pandemic
the penguin marches obviously look a little
different. The temperature has to be below
50 degrees for the penguins to safely march
and it is their decision to march.
General Knowledge
● Live in the Sub-Antarctic
● Conservation status is of least concern
● Diet consists of small fish, small
crustaceans, and squid
● Mature sexually at age 3 and *usually*
mate with one bird a season
● Typically start breeding around age 6
● Mother and father take shifts incubating
the egg every 2 ½ weeks so they could
go hunt
● The egg hatched 50 to 60 days after
being laid and the parents take shifts for
40 days to keep the chick warm and fed
● When that phase is done all the chicks
move in together, a crèche, to protect
each other and keep each other warm
● Predators are the sea lion, killer whale,
snowy sheathbill, and skua
● Currently 2.2 million breeding pairs
● Live in huge colonies

Sources
King Penguin. (2021). Retrieved January 12,

2021, from Oceanwide-expeditions.com

website: https://oceanwide- ‌

expeditions.com/to-do/wildlife/king-penguin

ADW: Aptenodytes patagonicus:

CLASSIFICATION. (2021). Retrieved ‌

January 12, 2021, from Animaldiversity.org

‌
website:

https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Apteno

dytes_patagonicus/classification/

‌WLWT Digital Staff. (2021, January 4).

Penguin parades back this month at the

Cincinnati Zoo. Retrieved January 12, 2021,

from WLWT website:

https://www.wlwt.com/article/penguin-

parades-back-this-month-at-the-cincinnati-

zoo/35118741#