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Adélie penguin
species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is an Antarctic penguin that has a black head and back with a white chest and belly, and a white ring around each of their eyes. About 2.5 million Adélie penguins are in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Adélie penguins travel the furthest to breed because they build their nests from stones and need to find stones. Adélies come ashore to breed in the summer. In the winter, they live on ice that floats off the Antarctic shore.
Quick Facts Adélie penguin Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent, Conservation status ...
Adélie penguin Temporal range: Pleistocene to recent[1] | |
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Hope Bay, Antarctica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Genus: | Pygoscelis |
Species: | P. adeliae |
Binomial name | |
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) | |
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Distribution of the Adélie penguin Nesting sites in red | |
Synonyms[3] | |
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