Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua - Manchot papou
Systematics
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Order:
Sphenisciformes
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Family:
Sphéniscidés
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Genus:
Pygoscelis
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Species:
papua
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 81 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 5500 à 8500 g
Geographic range
Identification
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) is a species of bird in the Spheniscidae family.
Subspecific information 4 subspecies
- Pygoscelis papua papua (subantarctic regions)
- Pygoscelis papua taeniata ()
- Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi (Antarctic Peninsula to South Sandwich Is.)
- Pygoscelis papua poncetii ()
Foreign names
- Manchot papou,
- Pingüino juanito,
- pinguim-de-sobrancelha-branca,
- Eselspinguin,
- szamárpingvin,
- Ezelspinguïn,
- Pinguino papua,
- åsnepingvin,
- Bøylepingvin,
- tučniak bieloškvrnový,
- tučňák oslí,
- Brillepingvin,
- valkokulmapingviini,
- Witoorpikkewyn,
- pingüí de corona blanca,
- pingwin białobrewy,
- Папуанский пингвин,
- ジェンツーペンギン,
- 白眉企鹅,
- åsnepingvin,
- 巴布亞企鵝,
Habitat
Grassland : Subantarctic ; Marine Neritic : Pelagic, Subtidal Rock and Rocky Reefs, Subtidal Loose Rock/pebble/gravel, Subtidal Sandy, Subtidal Sandy-Mud, Macroalgal/Kelp, Seagrass (Submerged) ; Marine Oceanic : Epipelagic (0-200m), Mesopelagic (200-1000m)
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, 1: ratites to ducks., Marchant, S.; Higgins, P. J.
- A Complete Guide to Antarctic Wildlife : The Birds and Marine Mammals of the Antarctic Continent and the Southern Ocean, Hadoram Shirihai
- New Zealand birds and birding, Narena Olliver
- Biodiversity, Department of Agriculture, Water and Environment
- Atlas of top predators from French SouthernTerritories in the Southern Indian Ocean, Delord K, Barbraud C, Bost C-A, Cherel Y, Guinet C, Weimerskirch H
- Morphometric and genetic evidence for four species of gentoo penguin, J.Tyler, M.T.Bonfitto, G.V.Clucas, S.Reddy et J.L.Younger
- IOC World Bird List (v14.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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