Talk:King penguin

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Couldn't see it in article

What is their average life span in the wild and in captivity?RafikiSykes (talk) 13:27, 19 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The following is excerpted from the article: "King Penguins noot noot on subantarctic islands..."

Please clarify what "noot noot" means... or if this is spam, please fix it; students of science (such as myself) are no doubt perplexed by this verb — Preceding unsigned comment added by Goldenknitter (talk • contribs) 20:49, 16 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The world's largest king penguin colony has collapsed, losing nearly 90 per cent of its population

Is it worth including some text on the page about the colony collapse circa 2018?

The article mentions possible reclassification of vulnerability status, I am not knowlageable on the subject, is anyone else willing to chime in?

This was my source, however a paper was published in "Antarctic Science".

https://vancouversun.com/news/world/the-worlds-largest-king-penguin-colony-has-collapsed-losing-nearly-90-per-cent-of-its-population/wcm/0f6fcff8-e568-414c-92ef-162e94a072d5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by TKeWhite (talk • contribs) 13:40, 9 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

King Penguin

The king penguin is a species of penguin, witch means that it is flightless.It sorta looks weird to me though.

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Contradiction in whether the king penguin is monotypic

The taxonomy section states that the king penguin is monotypic and has no subspecies. However, the introduction to this article, as well as the page for the Aptenodytes genus, state that there are two subspecies of king penguin: Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus in the South Atlantic Ocean and Aptenodytes patagonicus halli in the South Indian Ocean. Should this statement be removed from the taxonomy section, or is there some other detail here that needs to be clarified? RedKnight7146 (talk) 02:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I ran into the same thing and dug into it. Wikipedia follows IOC taxonomy, which (per the cited ref) does consider the species monotypic. Other taxonomic authorities, however, recognize 2 subspecies. Rather than delete the info on the subspecies, which would leave the article poorer (and would also leave it inconsistent with the included range map, which I can't readily edit), I documented the disagreement, citing the Avibase taxon grid, and left it at that. I also consolidated the subspecific info under the Taxonomy heading; it is too down-in-the-weeds for the lede.

I touched up the genus page as well, in less detail. Gould363 (talk) 00:54, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]