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It is only the third recorded incident of an Adélie penguin being found on New Zealand's coast.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021

The Adélie penguin, who has now been affectionately named Pingu by locals, was found looking lost on the coast.

From BBC • Nov. 12, 2021

Back in 2013, marine biologist Simon Jarman and his colleagues isolated jellyfish DNA from Adélie penguin scat.

From National Geographic • Sep. 15, 2017

The Adélie penguin is one of just two true Antarctic penguins, surviving on the ice-bound continent for 45,000 years.

From The Guardian • Jan. 19, 2017

The Adélie penguin on land or ice is almost wholly ludicrous.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon