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Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778 
AphiaID: 212656

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Aptenodytes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Aptenodytes J. R. Forster, 1777
Sources  basis of record: Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. Academic Press, London. [details]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Dutch koningspinguïn  [details]
English king penguin  [details]
French manchot royal  [details]
German Königspinguin  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (126 nucleotides; 31 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding Category: Visitor [details]

Description: Length: 94 cm. Plumage: Head, wings and tail black; belly white; back blue-grey; black line from back of head extending down sides separates grey back from white belly; bright orange patch behind ear extends into yellow-orange upper breast. Immature paler. Bare parts: iris dark brown; upper mandible black lower mandible black with red line at base; legs and feet black. [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern [details]
Images 
King Penguin colony 1CS5_1
King Penguin colony 1CS5_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:36:50

King Penguin colony 2CS5_1
King Penguin colony 2CS5_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:37:09

King Penguin colony 2_1
King Penguin colony 2_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:37:17

King Penguin colony 5CS5_1
King Penguin colony 5CS5_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:37:28

King Penguin colony a_1
King Penguin colony a_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:36:27

King Penguin pair (rev)CS6_1
King Penguin pair (rev)CS6_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:37:44

King Penguin pair (rev)_1
King Penguin pair (rev)_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:37:52

King Penguin pair 1_1
King Penguin pair 1_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:38:09

King Penguin pair 2_1
King Penguin pair 2_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:38:22

King Penguin pair_1
King Penguin pair_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:38:42

King Penguin trio a_1
King Penguin trio a_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:38:53

King Penguin trio_1
King Penguin trio_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:39:03

King Penguins & Stev#10BF3B_1
King Penguins & Stev#10BF3B_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:39:22

King Penguins and Azorella_1
King Penguins and Azorella_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:39:34

King Penguins in surf_1
King Penguins in surf_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:39:47

King Penguins on beach_1
King Penguins on beach_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:40:22

melanic king penguins
melanic king penguins
added on 2006-05-26 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:40:39

2nd biggest king penguin colony
2nd biggest king penguin colony
added on 2006-05-26 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:40:55

Adult king penguin
Adult king penguin
added on 2006-05-26 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:41:33

Melanic, juvenile king penguin
Melanic, juvenile king penguin
added on 2006-05-26 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:41:49

King penguin
King penguin
added on 2006-05-26 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:42:10

Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95-2
Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95-2
added on 2006-10-17 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:42:27

Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95-3
Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95-3
added on 2006-10-17 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:42:42

Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95-4
Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95-4
added on 2006-10-17 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:41:59

Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95
Aptenodytes patagonicus Crozet95
added on 2006-10-17 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:41:15

King penguin chick
King penguin chick
added on 2006-11-24 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:43:07

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:43:24

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:43:48

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:44:33

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:44:43

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:43:37

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:44:57

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:45:18

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2009-02-17 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:43:58

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2011-10-30 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:44:11

Aptenodytes patagonicus
Aptenodytes patagonicus
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-10-05 09:40:05
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212656
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
1998-07-17 10:53:12Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
1998-09-25 09:27:15Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212656 on 2013-05-26
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