Penguins (Spheniscidae)
Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) - HBW 1, p. 155
French: Manchot empereur
German: Kaiserpinguin
Spanish: Pingüino Emperador
Taxonomy: Aptenodytes Forsteri G. R. Gray, 1844, Antarctic seas.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Circumpolar; restricted to Antarctica, 66°-78° S.
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A first year standing on an ice floe Locality Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 12 February 2005 2 years ago 53 sec 4.7 -
A bird standing on an ice floe with an Adelie Penguin Locality Elephant Island, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Leslie Lieurance 30 November 2002 8 years ago 20 sec 2.6 -
A 1st summer bird in pancake ice Locality Antarctic and Subantarctic (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 10 November 2002 8 years ago 31 sec 2.3
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An adult Emperor Penguin and a creche of chicks in an ice cavern.
Locality Queen Maud Land, Antarctica
srchester 29 December 1994 26 weeks ago 4.3 -
A first summer bird, ready to face the ocean
Locality Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 13 February 2005 1 year ago 4 -
Inmature moulting
Locality Neko Harbour, Andvord Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 1 January 2002 1 year ago 3.9 -
A bird that showed up on the crack we made in the ice with the ship
Locality Terra Nova Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 12 February 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
A group of young Emperor Penguins near Cape Roget
Locality Cape Roget, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Rainer Mönke 8 January 1993 4 years ago 3.4
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