Emperor Penguin

How to identify

Field marks

1. Adult has bright yellow ear patches
2. Adult has a deep black head, throat and back
3. Adult has a white belly, grading into pale yellow on the upper breast
4. Adult has a black upper mandible; lower mandible may be pink, orange or pale lilac

Voice

Chicks give whistles that vary in pitch to beg for food or maintain contact with their parents.

Where and when it's recorded

Emperor Penguin has been recorded at 8 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Half Moon IslandAntarctica17 records
2. Paulet IslandAntarctica13 records
3. Errera Channel – Cuverville IslandAntarctica8 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Antarctica

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species and is endemic to Antarctica.

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