Emperor Penguin

large flightless seabird endemic to Antarctica
Taxon taxon Q161829
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Summary

Emperor Penguin is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.18% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,915 views/month, #359 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Near Threatened[4]
  • Parent taxon: Aptenodytes[5]
  • Taxon name: Aptenodytes forsteri[6]
  • Subclass of: penguin[7]
  • Commons category: Aptenodytes forsteri[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aptenodytes forsteri[9]
  • Commons gallery: Aptenodytes forsteri[10]
  • This taxon is source of: Aptenodytes forsteri egg[11]
  • Short name: A. forsteri[12]
  • Taxon common name: pengwin ymerodrol[13], Emperor Penguin[14], Kaiserpinguin[15], Pingüino emperador[16], pingüí emperador[17], tučňák císařský[18], keiserpingviin[19], Keiserpingvin[20], Императорский пингвин[21], コウテイペンギン[22], Kejserpingvin[23], keisaripingviini[24], császárpingvin[25], pingwin cesarski[26]
  • Mass: 425 g[27]

Body

Identifiers

Emperor Penguin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3820[28]. Emperor Penguin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 9233[29]. Emperor Penguin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45512074[30]. Emperor Penguin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481661[31]. Emperor Penguin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174449[32].

Why It Matters

Emperor Penguin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 85 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . avesargentinas.org.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0230738-tucnak-cisarsky
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0230738-tucnak-cisarsky, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  2. 22w ago · Togopic · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Aptenodytes forsteri -Snow Hill Island, Antarctica -adults a, Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water.jpg, Penguin diving statistics.svg
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: 202501 Emperor penguin.svg, Added image data."
  3. 23w ago · Nitraus · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iucn conservation status → Near Threatened
    Instance of → taxon
    Subclass of → penguin
    Subclass of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Iucn conservation status: Near Threatened"
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