Emperor Penguin
Aptenodytes forsteriGray, GR, 1844
English (US) Emperor Penguin
The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Spheniscidae (Penguins) in the order Sphenisciformes.
Range: breeds in scattered colonies on Antarctic continent edge and up to 200 km from open sea; ranges Antarctic seas to edge of ice pack and beyond, juveniles dispersing most widelyRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aptenodytes forsteri
- Family
- Spheniscidae (Penguins)
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Emperor Penguin
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1844
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gray, GR, 1844
- Type locality
- no locality; antarctic seas, G. R. Gray, 1844, List Birds Brit. Mus., pt. 3, p. 156.
- Original description
- The Annals and Magazine of Natural History including Zoology, Botany, and Geology ser.1, vol.13, no.84 p.315
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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