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King Penguin

second largest species of penguin
Class type of: penguin Q182209

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Subclass of
penguin
Short name
A. patagonicus[8]
Described by source
Encyclopedic Lexicon[7]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[4]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
Mass
11.5 (11.5–306, n=3)[23][24][25]
NZTCS conservation status
vagrant
Parent taxon
Aptenodytes[5]
Taxon common name
King Penguin, Königspinguin, Pingüino rey, pingüí reial, tučňák patagonský, kuningpingviin, Kongepingvin, Королевский пингвин, オウサマペンギン, Kongepingvin, kuningaspingviini, királypingvin, pingwin królewski, pengwin Patagonia, tučniak veľký, kungspingvin, Koningpikkewyn, Koningspinguïn, Manchot royal, Pinguino re, pinguim-rei, karališkasis pingvinas, пінгвін королівський, kraljevski pingvin, king penguin, King penguin, pingüín rei, kraljevi pingvin[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Taxon name
Aptenodytes patagonicus[6]
Taxon range
Southern Ocean, South America, Africa
Taxon rank
species[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en King Penguin en Aptenodytes patagonicus ar بطريق ملك ar بطريق ملكي cs tučňák patagonský cs Aptenodytes patagonicus da kongepingvin de Königspinguine de Königspinguin de Aptenodytes patagonicus el Aptenodytes patagonicus el βασιλικός πιγκουίνος es Aptenodytes patagonicus es Pingüino rey fa پنگوئن پادشاه fi kuningaspingviini fr Aptenodytes patagonicus fr Manchot royal he פינגווין מלכותי hu királypingvin
🔖 Identifiers · 60
Library of Congress Authorities ID
sh85072400
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
King Penguins on Saunders Island (5586254113).jpg ↗
ABBBS Taxon ID
1079
ADW taxon ID
Aptenodytes_patagonicus
ARKive ID (archived)
aptenodytes-patagonicus, king-penguin/aptenodytes-patagonicus
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Aptenodytes_patagonicus
Aves de Chile ID
104
Avibase taxon ID
827A77C754AB120E
BNCF Thesaurus ID
35488
BOLD Systems taxon ID
52297
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124048380
BirdLife Australia ID
king-penguin
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BirdLife taxon ID
22697748
Birdata ID
927
CalPhotos taxon ID
Aptenodytes+patagonicus
Catalogue of Life ID
67QCM
DORIS ID
3811
EASIN ID
R19729
EBird taxon ID
kinpen1
EURING number
27750
Encyclopedia of Life ID
45512073
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/king-penguin
Fossilworks taxon ID
173569
Freebase ID
/m/02gs3z
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2481660
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
kongepingvin
Harper's tag
king-penguin
INaturalist taxon ID
3821
IRMNG ID
10190139
ITIS TSN
174450
IUCN taxon ID
22697748
Interlingual Index ID
i46206
J9U entity ID
987007543423505171
KBpedia ID
KingPenguin
Lex ID
kongepingvin
Macaulay Library taxon ID
kinpen1
NBIC scientific name ID
128035
NCBI taxonomy ID
9234
NZTCS ID
10862
Neotropical Birds ID
kinpen1
New Zealand Birds Online ID
king-penguin
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
4ce794a9-c5ae-4651-bdd6-452caf7ba8b2
OBIS ID
212656
Observation.org taxon ID
73559
Oiseaux.net ID
manchot.royal
OmegaWiki Defined Meaning
1377551
Open Tree of Life ID
494361
Paleobiology Database taxon ID
173569
Quora topic ID
King-Penguin-5
Reddit topic ID (obsolete)
king_penguin
SeaLifeBase ID
73700
TAXREF ID
441650
Tierstimmenarchiv ID
2082
Topic's main category
Category:Aptenodytes patagonicus
UMLS CUI
C0999387
Wiki Aves ID
pinguim-rei
WikiKids ID
Koningspinguïn
WoRMS-ID for taxa
212656
Xeno-canto species ID
Aptenodytes-patagonicus
Yale LUX ID
concept/d2802ec5-048f-43a9-b3ce-3dfe2882ec2c

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🔗 Connections
← Species kept 12
Jurong Bird Park, Edinburgh Zoo, Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan, Hellabrunn Zoo, Calgary Zoo, Marineland, Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life Aquarium, Detroit Zoo +4 more
Taxon range 3
Africa, South America, Southern Ocean
← Individual of taxon 2
Major General Sir Nils Olav III, Pesto
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Aptenodytes
Subclass of 1
penguin
Taxon rank 1
species
← Has part(s) of the class 1
Roy and Silo
← Parent taxon 1
Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus
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Summary

King Penguin is a taxon[1]. It is a type of penguin[2].

References

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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. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . avesargentinas.org.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → king-penguin
    "Created claim: Harper's tag: king-penguin, Matched to king penguin (#289945508) in Harper's tag…"
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