Taxon data and maps: Aptenodytes forsteri
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 100000
- Common Name
- Emperor Penguin
- Authority
- Gray, 1844
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Is endemic within the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
- Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Aptenodytes
©Doug McVeigh 2005
- Catalogue id
- IA5092
- Photographer
- McVeigh, Doug
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 2408 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1949 to 2007.
2408 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
2357 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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or search within the following collections -
| ABBBS Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island. Details | 139 data pts | |
| APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's Details | 559 data pts | |
| Bird observations from South African BIOMASS voyages, Mawson and Prydz Bay region, 1984 and 1985 Details | 1 data pts | |
| Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites Details | 139 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 1,532 data pts | |
Specialised applications for this taxa
Satellite tracking via ARGOS (1990-present) or
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Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.