Discovery of the first Emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri colony in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Lea, M-A, Soper, T
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Ross Sea; Dronning Maud Land; Ross Island; Byrd; Wilkes Land; Marguerite; Siple; Marie Byrd Land; Todd; Marguerite Bay; Getz; Crozier; Hill Island; Snow Hill Island; Getz Ice Shelf; Dion; Mac. Robertson Land; Cape Crozier; Coria; Dion Islands; Siple Island; Snow Hill; Antarc*; Antarctica; Aptenodytes forsteri; Emperor penguins; Enderby Land; Ice Shelf; Mac Robertson Land; Sea ice
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/9807/1/Lea_Soper_Mar_Ornithology_2005.pdf; http://www.marineornithology.org/index.html

Emperor Penguins Aptenodytes forsteri have been reported to breed at a total of 45 colonies surrounding the Antarctic Continent (Woehler 1993, Mellick & Bremers 1995, Coria & Montalti 2000, Todd et al. 2004). Their known breeding distribution extends from the Antarctic Peninsula at Snow Hill...