King Penguin vs Humboldt Penguin

Aptenodytes patagonicus 비교 대상 Spheniscus humboldti

Side-by-Side Comparison

속성 King Penguin Humboldt Penguin
학명 Aptenodytes patagonicus Spheniscus humboldti
Sphenisciformes Sphenisciformes
Spheniscidae Spheniscidae
보전 상태 Least Concern Vulnerable
체장 95.0 cm (37.4 in)
날개 폭 64.0 cm (25.2 in) 21.0 cm (8.3 in)
체중 14000.0 g (493.84 oz) 4416.666666666667 g (155.79 oz)
식성 Primarily lanternfish and squid caught during deep dives. Routinely dives to 100-300 meters, sometimes exceeding … --
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Size Comparison

Body Length
King Penguin 95.0 cm
Humboldt Penguin
날개 폭
King Penguin 64.0 cm
Humboldt Penguin 21.0 cm
체중
King Penguin 14000.0 g
Humboldt Penguin 4416.666666666667 g

Habitat Comparison

공유 서식지

King Penguin only

없음

Humboldt Penguin only

없음

King Penguin

Breeds on sub-Antarctic islands with flat or gently sloping beaches. Forages in the Southern Ocean.

Song & Call Comparison

King Penguin

노래

Uses individually unique complex calls for mate and chick recognition in noisy colonies. Produces a loud, musical trumpeting. Chick whistles are distinctive per family unit.

Humboldt Penguin

Geographic Range & Migration

King Penguin

Sub-Antarctic islands including South Georgia, Crozet, Kerguelen, Macquarie, and Falkland Islands.

Humboldt Penguin

보전 상태

Least Concern

King Penguin

Vulnerable

Humboldt Penguin

How to Tell Them Apart

King Penguin

깃털

Dark blue-grey back with white belly. Vivid orange-gold auricular patches on the sides of the head and upper breast. Silvery-grey upperparts.

부리

Long, slender, slightly decurved bill with orange mandible plates

Humboldt Penguin

About These Birds

King Penguin

임금펭귄은 남극 주변 아남극 지역에 서식하는 세계에서 두 번째로 큰 펭귄이다. 선명한 주황색과 노란색 귀 깃털이 특징이며 키가 약 95cm에 달한다. 깊은 바다로 잠수하여 물고기를 잡으며 번식에 14개월이 걸리는 긴 번식 주기를 가진다.

Humboldt Penguin

Humboldt Penguin, 56–70 cm, is restricted to the coasts of Peru and Chile, dependent on cold, fish-rich Humboldt Current. Single white facial stripe, large bare skin patch around bill. Piscivore; dives for anchovies and herring. Vulnerable; populations severely reduced by guano harvesting, fishing pressure, and El Niño.

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