Emperor Penguin vs Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri مقارنةً بـ Eudyptes filholi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Emperor Penguin Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
الاسم العلمي Aptenodytes forsteri Eudyptes filholi
الرتبة Sphenisciformes Sphenisciformes
الفصيلة Spheniscidae Spheniscidae
حالة الحفاظ Near Threatened Not Evaluated
الطول 115,0 cm (45.3 in)
طول الجناح 76,0 cm (29.9 in)
الوزن 30000,0 g (1058.22 oz)
النظام الغذائي Primarily Antarctic silverfish, krill, and squid. The deepest-diving bird, reaching depths over 500 meters and … --
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Emperor Penguin 115,0 cm
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
طول الجناح
Emperor Penguin 76,0 cm
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
الوزن
Emperor Penguin 30000,0 g
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Emperor Penguin only

بلا

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin only

بلا

Emperor Penguin

Antarctic pack ice and surrounding Southern Ocean. The only penguin species that breeds during the Antarctic winter.

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Song & Call Comparison

Emperor Penguin

الغناء

Loud, resonant trumpeting calls used for individual recognition in dense colonies. Each bird's call is unique in frequency. Also gives softer contact 'braying' notes.

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

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Geographic Range & Migration

Emperor Penguin

Antarctic continent and surrounding sea ice. Breeding colonies are found along the entire Antarctic coastline.

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

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حالة الحفاظ

Near Threatened

Emperor Penguin

Not Evaluated

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

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How to Tell Them Apart

Emperor Penguin

الريش

Black head, chin, and dorsal side with white belly. Bright yellow-orange ear patches fade to pale yellow on the upper breast.

المنقار

Long, slightly decurved bill — black with orange or pink mandible stripe

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

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About These Birds

Emperor Penguin

The emperor penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all penguin species. They breed in the harshest conditions on Earth, enduring Antarctic winter temperatures of -60 C and wind speeds of 200 km/h. Males incubate the single egg on their feet under a brood pouch for about 65 days while fasting.

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin, 45–58 cm, breeds on sub-Antarctic islands of the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, including Kerguelen and Campbell Island. Narrower supercilium stripe than Macaroni Penguin. Krill and fish feeder; aggressive and agile on rocky terrain. Vulnerable; declining.

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