Taxon data and maps: Pygoscelis adeliae

Taxonomy details

Context

Taxon Id
1086
Common Name
Adelie Penguin
Authority
(Hombron and Jacquinot,1841)
Naming Status
Currently accepted name
Status
Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
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Is endemic within the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.

Hierarchy

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Sphenisciformes
Family
Spheniscidae
Genus
Pygoscelis
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Data and maps

Observation / specimen counts

There are 11027 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1900 to 2006.

11027 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS

10576 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.

Habitat domain - Marine

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ABBBS Bird Banding records from the Australian Antarctic Territory and Heard Island. Details 1,584 data pts
Adelie penguin census from records from 1931 to 2007 AAT region Details 486 data pts
APIS - Antarctic Pack Ice Seals 1994-1999, plus historical data from the 1980's Details 2,217 data pts
Bird observations from South African BIOMASS voyages, Mawson and Prydz Bay region, 1984 and 1985 Details 2 data pts
Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites Details 751 data pts
Nest census, Windmill Islands 2002/03 Details 3 data pts
Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details 5,984 data pts

Specialised applications for this taxa

Satellite tracking via ARGOS (1990-present) or view list of tracking deployments for this species

Distribution map

Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.

Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.