Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
Aves
ENDANGERED
Stats
- Lifespan
- 15-20 yrs
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Polar ice
- Range
- Antarctica
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Herd Safety
- Status
- Endangered
About
The tallest and heaviest of all living penguins, the Emperor Penguin endures the Antarctic winter by huddling in tight colonies where temperatures inside the huddle can swing more than 50°C above the surrounding air.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
- 2.hatchlingA naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Aptenodytes
- Species
- Aptenodytes forsteri