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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 100 cm (39 in) in length and weighing from 22 to 45 kg (49 to 99 lb). Feathers of the head and back are black and sharply delineated from the white belly ...
The emperor penguin is the largest species of penguin in the world and also one of the most unique. ... Emperor penguins are incredibly sociable birds that live together in colonies containing ...
Even though they live in large colonies, emperor penguins are the least common Antarctic penguins. Scientists estimate anywhere from 265,000 to 278,000 breeding pairs are left in the wild.
The flightless penguins are almost all located in the Southern Hemisphere (the only exception is the equatorial Galapagos penguin), with the greatest concentration located on and around Antarctica. Four of the eighteen penguin species live and breed on the mainland and its close offshore islands.
Cape Washington is high in biodiversity. It is home to the second-largest colony of emperor penguins in the world, with a population of over 25,000 breeding pairs. A small colony of south polar skuas, numbering over 50 breeding pairs, is present on the headland that stands high above the penguins.
Emperor penguins are classed as "near threatened" with around 600,000 of them remaining — a 50% drop over the past half century, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Previously unknown colonies of emperor penguins have been spotted in new satellite imagery. Emperor penguins, considered “near threatened” with extinction, are the world’s largest penguins.
Emperor penguins with chicks. Taylor Rookery is an emperor penguin breeding colony in Antarctica. It is the larger of the two known entirely land-based colonies of the species, most of which are situated on sea ice. [1] It is important because it is probably the largest colony of the species to occur on land and has been regularly monitored. [2]