Emperor Penguin vs Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

Aptenodytes forsteri ile kıyaslandığında Eudyptes filholi

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Özellik Emperor Penguin Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
Bilimsel Ad Aptenodytes forsteri Eudyptes filholi
Takım Sphenisciformes Sphenisciformes
Familya Spheniscidae Spheniscidae
Koruma Durumu Near Threatened Not Evaluated
Uzunluk 115,0 cm (45.3 in)
Kanat Açıklığı 76,0 cm (29.9 in)
Ağırlık 30000,0 g (1058.22 oz)
Beslenme Primarily Antarctic silverfish, krill, and squid. The deepest-diving bird, reaching depths over 500 meters and … --
Kuluçka Büyüklüğü 1 2
Population Trend
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Size Comparison

Body Length
Emperor Penguin 115,0 cm
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
Kanat Açıklığı
Emperor Penguin 76,0 cm
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
Ağırlık
Emperor Penguin 30000,0 g
Eastern Rockhopper Penguin
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Habitat Comparison

Ortak Yaşam Alanları

Emperor Penguin only

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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

Şarkı

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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Koruma Durumu

Near Threatened

Emperor Penguin

Not Evaluated

Eastern Rockhopper Penguin

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How to Tell Them Apart

Emperor Penguin

Tuy

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

Gaga

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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