The Adelie penguin is a species of penguin found along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent, the most widespread penguin species in the Antarctic and, together with the emperor penguin, the most southerly distributed of all penguins. It is named for Adelie Land, itself named for Adele Dumont d'Urville, wife of the French explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville, who first discovered the species in 1840. Adelie penguins obtain food through both predation and foraging, feeding mainly on krill and fish.
Facts
Scientific Name Conservation Status Population EstimateThe cited source gives this as a lower bound (more than 10 million), for mature individuals only, as of 2020. Classification
Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Identification
Distinguishing AppearanceThe adult is black on the head, throat and upper parts, with snowy white underparts. 1 Connections
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Source World Wildlife Fund
Sources
1. Adelie Penguin (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead sentence
(Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent.
Status section
is considered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to be a species of least concern.
Description section
The adult is black on the head, throat and upper parts, with snowy white underparts.
Status section (status sentence)
is considered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature to be a species of least concern.
Status section (population sentence)
estimated at more than 10 million mature individuals in 2020
View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: SphenisciformesView the Source World Wildlife Fund
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