🐧Emperor penguin
Der Kaiserpinguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) ist die größte Art aus der Familie der Pinguine (Spheniscidae) und zählt zusammen mit dem Königspinguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) zur Gattung der Großpinguine (Aptenodytes). Es werden keine Unterarten für den Kaiserpinguin anerkannt. Auf Grund zahlreicher Infotainment- und Dokumentarfilme zählt der Kaiserpinguin zu den bekanntesten Pinguinarten. Der Film Die Reise der Pinguine, der die Brutpflege dieser Art thematisiert, wurde im Jahr 2006 mit einem Oscar ausgezeichnet. Der Bestand des Kaiserpinguins gilt seit einer Neubewertung durch die IUCN im Jahr 2026 als „stark gefährdet“.
Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.
- Body mass
- 34 kg
- Body length
- 1.15 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Emperor penguin
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass34 kgrecord 33 kg · SeaLifeBaseAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
Record: largest individual on record
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Figures vary
- 30 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: low
Body length1.15 mmaximum recorded, total lengthSeaLifeBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: SeaLifeBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Standing height1.17 m1.01–1.32 m · typical rangenot statedDetails ↓Hide ↑
"Emperor penguins are the largest sea birds in the Antarctic, standing 101 to 132 cm tall." Range-only; value is the midpoint. ADW's own length field carries the same 101-132 cm, so the standing-height wording is ADW's; Antarctic agency pages (AAD, BAS) checked and state weight but no height.
Source: Wilber 2020, Animal Diversity Web account: Aptenodytes forsteri, https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Aptenodytes_forsteri/ · see citation
Tail length0.12 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Wing length0.18 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Beak length0.09 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Tarsus length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatMarineAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
LifestyleAquaticAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0
Volume l34 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Emperor penguin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderSphenisciformes
- ›familySpheniscidae
- ›genusAptenodytes
- ›speciesAptenodytes forsteri
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPenguins · Sphenisciformes
- familySpheniscidae
- genusAptenodytes
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderPenguins · Sphenisciformes
- familySpheniscidae
- genusAptenodytes
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