BLACK AND WHITE ADELIA PENGUINS

By Najjah Dechau and

Drew Angelo

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Life cycle………..3

Habitat………..5

Glossary………..6

Diet……….. 7

Appearance………..8

Fun facts………..9

The life cycle of adelia penguin is

interesting. Their babies are called

chicks. The babies are brown and fluffy.

Adelia penguins live up to 20 years. Did

you know that adelia penguins lay two

eggs each year? Adelia penguins homes

are rocky. The life cycle of a adelia

penguin is interesting.

LIFE CYCLE

Polar animals’ habitats are usually

found in the coldest parts of the world.

The adelia penguin lives in

Antarctica .Adelia penguins nests is

made out of rocks .Oh and did you

know that adelia penguins sometimes

steal rocks from other penguins nests

because there are barely any rocks in

Antarctica and the artic. Adelia

penguins spend winters ice burgs.

adelia penguins have a special habitat .

HABITAT

Barb-something sharp and pointy

like a hook Crop-a pouch in a

bird’s throat where food is stored

before it is digested Coast-where

land meets water Colony-A large

group of animals that live together in

the same area. Krill-tiny animals that

look like shrimp. Flipper-a padd

GLOSSARY

The adelia penguin has a special polar diet. Adelia penguins are carnivores. They eat fish like pilchards, sardines, anchovies, squid and shrimp like crustaceans. Their predators are foxes, pampas cats and armadillos. Adelia penguins predators try to steel baby's from penguins. The penguin most likely slash it’s razor sharp bill. It’s weight is about eleven pounds. What the adelia penguin eats helps it survive.

DIET

A adelia penguin’s appearance is very unique. Adelia penguins bellies are white and they have black backs. Also then feathers at the base of its bill are white. They have a ring around its eyes. Their size is about 28 inches 71 centimeters. Their covering is black, blue, gray and white. They use wings as flippers. The way a adelia penguin looks helps it for the habitat that it lives in.

APPEARANCE

Adelia penguins try to steal rocks from other penguins homes

Adelia penguins can jump straight up out of the water

A group of adelia penguin chicks is called a creche

Adelia breeding colonies have been known to contain more then a million pairs of birds.

FUN FACTS

GLOSSARY