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title: "Koningspinguïn"
description: "Aptenodytes patagonicus — Vogels. The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller than but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/king-penguin
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Koningspinguïn

> Aptenodytes patagonicus — Vogels. The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller than but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin.

- Scientific name: *Aptenodytes patagonicus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `sea` (Zee en kust), `arctic` (Poolgebied)
- iNaturalist observations: 3042
- Wikidata: [Q182209](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q182209)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3821](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3821)

## Names

- en: King Penguin
- de: Königspinguin
- es: Pingüino rey
- fr: Manchot royal
- it: Pinguino re
- nl: Koningspinguïn
- pt: Pinguim-rei
- pl: Pingwin królewski

## Countries with the most observations

GS (898), CL (449), FK (334), TF (291), AU (170), AR (65), ZA (17), NZ (12)

## Summary

The king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest species of penguin, smaller than but somewhat similar in appearance to the emperor penguin.
King penguins mainly eat lanternfish, squid, and krill. On foraging trips, king penguins repeatedly dive to over 100 metres (300 ft), and have been recorded at depths greater than 300 metres (1,000 ft). Predators of the king penguin include giant petrels, skuas, the snowy sheathbill, the leopard seal, and the orca.
The king penguin breeds on the subantarctic islands at the northern reaches of Antarctica, South Georgia, southern Argentina, and other temperate islands…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_penguin

## Photo

![Koningspinguïn](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/king-penguin/medium.jpg)

Photo: steve b · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/107786503

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/king-penguin?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).