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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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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 1 year ago 53 sec 4.7 -
A 1st summer bird in pancake ice Locality Antarctic and Subantarctic (Monotypic species)
Peter Fraser 10 November 2002 6 years ago 31 sec 2.9 -
A bird standing on an ice floe with an Adelie Penguin Locality Elephant Island, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Leslie Lieurance 30 November 2002 6 years ago 20 sec 2.6
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A first summer bird, ready to face the ocean
Locality Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 13 February 2005 14 weeks ago 4 -
Inmature moulting
Locality Neko Harbour, Andvord Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica (Monotypic species)
Santiago Imberti 1 January 2002 14 weeks 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 14 weeks ago 3.7 -
A group of young Emperor Penguins near Cape Roget
Locality Cape Roget, Victoria Land, Antarctica
Rainer Mönke 8 January 1993 2 years ago 3.3
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