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Emperor Penguin

(Aptenodytes forsteri)
Size: 1.2-1.3 m
Weight: 38 kg (male avg.), 29.5 kg (female avg.) - start of breeding season; 23 kg (avg.) after breeding season

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description

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Taxonomy, classification

See Emperor Penguin at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species

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Sightings

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Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Frontal, lateral and dorsal views of Emperor Penguins (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Antarctic shelf, December 1993]

Group of Emperor Penguins on an ice float (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Antarctic shelf, December 1993]

Emperor Penguins in a snowstorm (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Antarctic shelf, December 1993]

Emperor Penguins in their typical habitat, on solid ice (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Antarctic shelf, December 1993]

Behaviour

Emperor Penguins have two modes of locomotion: Walk upright or slide on their bellies (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Antarctic shelf, December 1993]

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