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Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781)
Gentoo penguin
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS
Aves | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Others. Polar
Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions
Indo-Pacific, Southern Atlantic and the Antarctic.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm Max length : 81.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 6.1 kg (Ref. 356)
This species is known to breed in small colonies where there are other penguin species present (Ref. 91362). Pursuit diving (Ref. 356).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Main reference
References | Coordinator | Collaborators
Collins, M.A. and R. Villanueva. 2006. (Ref. 84303)
IUCN Red List Status
(Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 28 August 2019
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Not Evaluated
CMS (Ref. 116361)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
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Stamps, coins, misc.
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
Price category
(Ref. 80766):
Unknown.