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Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 
AphiaID: 225773

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Aptenodytes (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Aptenodytes J. R. Forster, 1777
Sources  basis of record: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS[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 
English emperor penguin  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Southern Ocean [details]
Links To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding Category: Breeding [details]

Habitat: breeding on Antarctica [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern [details]
Images 
Emperor Penguin crop 2
Emperor Penguin crop 2
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Emperor Penguin crop cover
Emperor Penguin crop cover
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Emperor Penguin
Emperor Penguin
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Emperor penguin
Emperor penguin
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Aptenodytes forsteri & Pygoscelis antarctica
Aptenodytes forsteri & Pygoscelis antarctica
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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Emperor Penguin
Emperor Penguin
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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Aptenodytes forsteri
Aptenodytes forsteri
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2006-04-20 12:16:00 GMT  created  Charbonneau, Danny
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225773 on 2010-02-09
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