Emperor penguin

The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the largest living spheniscid, 100–120 cm long and 22–45 kg in weight, black above and white below with bright yellow ear patches. It breeds around Antarctica on sea ice and ice shelves between 66 and 77 degrees south, in more than sixty colonies. Fish, krill and squid are taken on dives exceeding 500 m and lasting about 20 minutes. The single 460–470 g egg is incubated on the feet by the male for 65–75 days during a fast of about 120 days. The IUCN lists it Near Threatened.