Penguin Watch Talk

Moulting Penguins

  • banthesun by banthesun

    Hi, I noticed some of the penguins near the front were halfway through moulting. Should I be tagging them as adults or chicks?

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  • Nickypeng by Nickypeng moderator

    Please, mark the juveniles as chicks unless they have all the signs of maturity (depends on species, for the signs see http://talk.penguinwatch.org/#/subjects/APZ0002pog ).
    Kings are reasonably easy to tell - but if you can't tell whether chicks or adults (eg if they are too far away, bad light etc) it's always better to mark them as adults.

    Nicky&Peng

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  • banthesun by banthesun

    Thanks for the clarification!

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