King Penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus - Manchot royal
Systematics
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Order:
Sphenisciformes
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Family:
Sphéniscidés
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Genus:
Aptenodytes
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Species:
patagonicus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 95 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 9000 à 15000 g
Longevity
26 years
Geographic range
Identification
King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) is a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Manchot royal,
- Pingüino rey,
- pinguim-rei,
- Königspinguin,
- királypingvin,
- Koningspinguïn,
- Pinguino re,
- kungspingvin,
- Kongepingvin,
- tučniak veľký,
- tučňák patagonský,
- Kongepingvin,
- kuningaspingviini,
- Koningpikkewyn,
- pingüí reial,
- pingwin królewski,
- Королевский пингвин,
- オウサマペンギン,
- 王企鹅,
- kungspingvin,
- 國王企鵝,
Habitat
Shrubland : Subantarctic ; Grassland : Subantarctic ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife : The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean, Hadoram Shirihai
- Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
- Penguins Natural History and Conservation, Dee Boersma P, Borboroglu PG
- Biodiversity, Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
- New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
- Atlas of top predators from French SouthernTerritories in the Southern Indian Ocean, Delord K, Barbraud C, Bost C-A, Cherel Y, Guinet C, Weimerskirch H
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes