Reference photo — Ian Duffy from UK, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
Challenging
Endangered
Not photographed yet
Distribution
Range
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Range: iNaturalist (CC BY 4.0) · Base map: Natural Earth (public domain)
Quick facts
- Group
- Birds
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Size
- 100–120 cm (standing)
- Weight
- 22–45 kg
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Lifespan
- 15–20 yrs
- Habitat
- Antarctic sea ice, Ice shelves, Open ocean
About
The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and lives exclusively in Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg. Feathers of the head and back are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches.
Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), abridged.