Story: Penguins

Southern penguin

Southern penguin

Penguins are found only in the southern hemisphere. This king penguin has come ashore on Stewart Island outside the South Sea Hotel, 1,100 kilometres north of the nearest king penguin breeding colony on Macquarie Island.

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Lloyd Spencer Davis, 'Penguins - Body shape', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/6384/southern-penguin (accessed 26 April 2024)

Story by Lloyd Spencer Davis, published 12 Jun 2006, reviewed & revised 11 Jul 2016