Birds

           Few Birds live in Antarctica. For example, there live penguins, albatross, petrel.
○Penguins
           7species of Penguins which live in Antarctica is called "Antarctic Panguins". 4species (Adelie penguin, Chinstrap penguin, Emperor penguin, Gentoo penguin) live and nest on and arround the Antarctica ad other 3 species (King penguin, Macaroni penguin, Rockhopper penguin) live and nest on Antarctica.

・Adelie penguin
           There is colony of Adelie penguin on the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. They make up rookeries. Rookery is breeding colony of penguin. There are more than ten thousand breeding pair. Adelie penguins have a body length of 70cm an weight of 4.5~5.5kg. It has an indigo blue pilleum and throut, white abdomen. The male weight is heavier than female weight. And male have big bill. Adelie penguin can keep diving about six minutes. They swim like an arrow. It is nothing less than flying. And they prey upon krills.

・Emperor penguin
           Emperor penguin is the biggest penguin on the earth. This penguin has a body length of 1.3m and weight of 32.5kg. They have a white abdomen and gray back, black pileum. And they have long feather which is the longest feather in penguins. King penguin is a closely related species of Emperor penguin. It is smaller than Emperor penguin and top of the chest is yellow. It lives in island of sub-Antarctica. Emperor penguin swims in schools and dive together. When they swim, they back their head and turn up their sole of the foot. They swim at 5.4~9.6 kilos per hour. And they can keep diving about 18 minutes, dive into 400 meter. They prey upon krills, fishes, cuttle fishes.