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The Adélie penguin is a species of seabird found along the entire Antarctic coast and its surrounding islands. Recognizable by its black back, white belly, and distinctive white ring around the eye, it breeds farther south than almost any other bird. The species was named after Adélie Land, a region...
The gentoo penguin is a species of penguin in the genus Pygoscelis and is the third-largest living penguin after the emperor and king penguins. Adults are recognizable by a white marking extending across the top of the head, an orange-red bill, and pale feet. The species breeds in colonies on the An...
The chinstrap penguin, Pygoscelis antarcticus, is a medium-sized penguin recognized by the narrow black band running beneath its head across its white throat. It breeds in colonies around the Antarctic Peninsula and on several sub-Antarctic islands, where it nests on rocky ground and feeds primarily...
The southern gentoo penguin is a subspecies of gentoo penguin identified as Pygoscelis papua ellsworthii. It breeds on colder islands nearer to Antarctica than the populations commonly associated with the species, including the South Shetland Islands. The subspecies is therefore of interest in studi...
The Northern Gentoo Penguin is the northern subspecies of the Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua papua. It breeds on sub-Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic Peninsula, including the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, where conditions are milder than in the southern part of the species' range. It...
Pygoscelis grandis is an extinct penguin species known from a partial skeleton in the Bahía Inglesa Formation of northern Chile. The fossils are assigned to the genus Pygoscelis, which includes living brush-tailed penguins, but P. grandis was much larger than any living member of that genus and was...
Pygoscelis tyreei, commonly called Tyree's penguin, is an extinct fossil penguin from New Zealand. It is known from a partial but unusually complete skeleton found at Motunau Beach in North Canterbury, and it was placed in Pygoscelis, the genus that includes living Adélie, chinstrap, and gentoo peng...
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