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Taylor Rookery is an emperor penguin breeding colony in Antarctica. It is the larger of the two known entirely land-based colonies of the species, most of which are situated on sea ice. [1] It is important because it is probably the largest colony of the species to occur on land and has been regularly monitored. [2]
Auster Rookery is an Emperor penguin rookery on sea-ice, sheltered by grounded icebergs, 5 kilometres (2.7 nmi) east of the Auster Islands, and about 51 kilometres (28 nmi) ENE of Mawson Station in Antarctica.
Cape Adare is the site of the largest Adélie penguin rookery in the world. [9] The only study of this particular colony was done by George Murray Levick, [9] who was a member of the 1910–13 Scott Antarctic Expedition and observed it for an entire breeding cycle in 1911 and 1912. [10]
A rookery is a colony breeding rooks, and more broadly a colony of several types of breeding animals, generally gregarious [1] birds. [ 2 ] Coming from the nesting habits of rooks, the term is used for corvids and the breeding grounds [ 3 ] of colony-forming seabirds , marine mammals ( true seals or sea lions ), and even some turtles .
The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb).
The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, ... Sound from rookery at Lusitania Bay on Macquarie Island. The majority (around ...
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A royal penguin rookery on Macquarie Island. The flora has taxonomic affinities with other subantarctic islands, especially those south of New Zealand. Plants rarely grow over 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in height, though the tussock-forming grass Poa foliosa can grow up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall in sheltered areas.