BirdUp · Species
Adélie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
- Order
- SPHENISCIFORMES
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Pygoscelis
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Restricted
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The Adélie penguin is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent. It is the most widespread penguin species in the Antarctic, and, along with the emperor penguin, is the most southerly distributed of all penguins. It is named after Adélie Land, in turn, named for Adèle Dumont d'Urville, who was married to French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, who first discovered this penguin in 1840. Adélie penguins obtain their food by both predation and foraging, with a diet of mainly krill and fish.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- SO, AN : Antarctic coasts and islands
- Non-breeding range
- To edge of pack-ice
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
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