Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Emperor penguin

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Reason

Dynamic shot of the subject animal in its environment. Recognized as the second-place picture of the year on Commons in 2014, and a featured image on the Czech and Vietnamese Wikipedias.

Articles in which this image appears

Emperor penguin, many others

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds

Creator

Christopher Michel

• Support as nominator – Moonreach (talk) 15:26, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support JJARichardson (talk) 19:09, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support – Gstaveeiffel314 (talk) 20:37, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support — Chris Woodrich (talk) 02:34, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support Excellent image with strong EV Nick-D (talk) 06:03, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support —Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:00, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support – UnpetitproleX (talk) 08:09, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support — Paramanu Sarkar (talk) 10:15, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support©Geni (talk) 16:57, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support. MER-C 09:48, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support – Giles Laurent (talk) 11:38, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
• Support —Bruce1ee^talk 14:16, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
• Comment - Striking and well-timed capture of dynamic behavior. The technical quality is excellent. High resolution, sharp focus on the subject despite the action, and a neutral, natural color balance. MouFengcoo (talk) 06:24, 20 April 2026 (UTC)

Promoted File:Penguin in Antarctica jumping out of the water.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 17:23, 23 April 2026 (UTC)