Summary ²

The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is a large species of penguin, second only to the emperor penguin in size. There are two subspecies: A. p. patagonicus and A. p. halli; patagonicus is found in the South Atlantic and halli elsewhere.

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2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aptenodytes_patagonicus

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