Emperor penguin
Aptenodytes forsteri
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Aptenodytes forsteri
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Penguin
- Diet
- Fish eater
- Size
- Medium (1–2 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Antarctica
- Habitat
- Polar regions, Ocean
- Conservation status
- Near threatened
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Males keep the egg warm on their feet through the polar winter, fasting for about two months.
- It can dive deeper than 500 metres and stay under for over 20 minutes.
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- King penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus
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Aquila chrysaetos
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q161829 · All animals · All entries