BirdUp · Species
Adélie Penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae(Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
- Order
- SPHENISCIFORMES
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Pygoscelis
At a glance
The Adélie Penguin, listed as Least Concern and native to Australia.
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Native
- 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
03 · When
When to look
When can you see an Adélie Penguin?
The Adélie Penguin is recorded across its Australian range mainly in November and December.
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