Context:
No emperor penguin chicks survived last year due to melting of Antarctic ice – a recent study. Researchers used satellite imagery to look at breeding colonies in a region near Antarctica’s Bellingshausen Sea.
About Emperor penguin
- Tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species
- Endemic to Antarctica
- The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter
- The male and female are similar in plumage and size
- Like all penguins, it is flightless
About penguins
- There are 18 species of penguins that live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.
- Only one species the Galápagos penguin is found north of the Equator.
- All species are flightless.
- Penguins are among the most social of all birds. All species of penguin are colonial, meaning that they live in large groups.
- Penguins live primarily in Antarctic. They have a thick layer of blubber and dense feathers to keep them warm.
Seas around Antarctica
Source: The Hindu
Previous year question
If you walk through countryside, you are likely to see some birds stalking alongside the cattle to seize the insects disturbed by their movement through grasses. Which of the following is/are such bird/birds?
1. Painted Stork
2. Common Myna
3. Black-necked Crane
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
[UPSC Civil Services Exam – 2014 Prelims]
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 only
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 only
Answer: (b)
