BIRDS ETCETERA: All-Black King Penguin

Thursday, March 11, 2010

All-Black King Penguin

Defying all odds, a melanistic King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) has been photographed in Antarctica. This bird just looks so weird!

Full or partial melanism is exceedingly rare in the King Penguin, there being only about four previously published records (.PDF).

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My fascination with birds dates to earliest childhood. Entries in my high school senior yearbook profess my interest in ornithology. Birds and their conservation were the focus of a 33-year career as a professional wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that took me from the westernmost Aleutian Islands to the political intrigue of Washington, D.C. In retirement, birds remain my constant obsession.

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