Caption

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), adult bird during moult with old feathers sticking out, between tussock grass, Ocean Harbour, South Georgia

Date

Oct 20, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Stefan Nehls

Reference

BRK26E26_249

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

172.3Mb (57.4Mb) / 31.7in x 21.1in / 9504 x 6336 (300dpi)

Keywords

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