#1472 · 🐦 birds
Emperor Penguin
🇳🇱 Keizerspinguïn ·Aptenodytes forsteri
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what is it?
The emperor penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri ) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica. The male and female are similar in plumage and size, reaching 122 cm (48 in) in height and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). The dorsal side and head are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches. Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings...
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 638 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 425 g.
- Scientifically named by George Robert Gray in 1844 (182 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Emperor Penguin
- Nederlands
- Keizerspinguïn
- scientific name
- Aptenodytes forsteri
- class
- Aves
- order
- Sphenisciformes
- family
- Spheniscidae
- IUCN Red List
- NT · near threatened
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 638
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- 425 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1844 by George Robert Gray
IUCN in Dutch: gevoelig. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Spheniscidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 3820, Wikidata Q161829, GBIF 2481661, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.