King penguin swims thousands of kilometres to find itself on South Australian beach

The bird, usually found on subantarctic islands, believed to be undergoing annual moulting on land at Coorong beach

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A king penguin has made its way from the Antarctic region to the South Australian coastline, where it is likely to stay on land to undergo a catastrophic moult".

Members of a local birdwatching society were surprised when they spotted the bird on a beach, thousands of kilometres from its usual habitat.

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