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  • linsayculver by linsayculver

    If a person cannot determine if a penguin is an adult or chick because of the aspect, do you recommend not adding a label? Thanks.

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  • AvastMH by AvastMH moderator

    Hi linsayculver! Thank you for checking about this. If you are unsure about it's age please mark as 'adult'. As the chicks finally change to their adult feathers the parents start their moult at the same time, and determining adult from chick is almost impossible, so 'adult' is fine.

    This group are sitting on eggs and are adults. The Gentoos obligingly have that white head marking when adult, amongst other differences. There's a good FAQ board on this subject here: https://talk.penguinwatch.org/#/boards/BPZ0000007/discussions/DPZ0000ac2

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