Emperor Penguin

The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the undisputed heavyweight of the penguin world the emperor penguin is a stunning bird with a blue-grey back that shades into a black tail, and a characteristically white belly flushed with yellow. Deep yellow ear patches on either side of the head fade down the neck and the upper chest, while the remainder of the head and throat is black with a small head and bill relative to body size, and flippers that are proportionately 25 percent smaller than those of other penguins Emperor penguin chicks are mostly silvery grey, with a blackish head and a conspicuous white mask around the eyes, cheek and throat. For about 9 weeks in the Antarctic winter, male emperor penguins incubate a single egg laid by its mate. Male emperor penguins huddle in groups of up to 5000 to survive the harsh Antarctic winter.