乐生活Eudyptes chrysolophus, also known as longcrowned penguins and macaroni penguins, is one of the crowned penguins in the penguin family. It is the closest relative to the Royal penguin. The number of Macaroni penguins is the largest in the world, with a total of 24 million currently. The adult Marco Ronnie penguins are about 71 centimeters tall and weigh about 5-6 kilograms. Marco Ronnie penguins have great diving skills, but they can’t fly. Every summer, thousands of Marco-Ronnie penguins swim into the Antarctic Sea to mate and breed on gravel-covered islands. It mainly feeds on krill, squid and small fish. It is distributed from South Africa to Western South America and along the coast of Antarctica.
The IUCN Red List is listed as VU.
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