King penguin swims thousands of kilometres to find itself on South Australian beach
by Tory Shepherd from on (#6JAMW)
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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