Caption

King penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus), adult bird in moult in front of a group of brown chicks in the breeding colony, Salisbury Plain, South Georgia

Date

Oct 20, 2025

Credit line

Photo12/ImageBROKER/Stefan Nehls

Reference

BRK26E33_155

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

145.4Mb (48.5Mb) / 29.1in x 19.4in / 8730 x 5820 (300dpi)

Keywords

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