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Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) 
AphiaID: 225757

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Pygoscelis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Species
Parent Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832
Sources  basis of record: Woehler E.J. (compiler) 2006. Species list prepared for SCAR/IUCN/BirdLife International Workshop on Antarctic Regional Seabird Populations, March 2005, Cambridge, UK. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Worthy, T. (2009). Aves (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English Adélie penguin  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution Southern Ocean [details]
Links To GenBank
To Barcode of Life (18 barcodes)
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding Category: Breeding [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern [details]
Images 
Pygoscelis adelia - Adelie penguins on Adelaide Island
Pygoscelis adelia - Adelie penguins on Adelaide Island
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Akiko-adelie
Akiko-adelie
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
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Amazing Diversity. Marine life of Antarctica - From the surface to the abyssal plain.
Amazing Diversity. Marine life of Antarctica - From the surface to the abyssal plain.
added on 2008-08-17 - author: Torben Riehl, Nils Brenke, Hauke Flores, Michael Schroedl and Rebeca Zapata Guardiola ()
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Pygoscelis adeliae
Pygoscelis adeliae
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Pygoscelis adeliae
Pygoscelis adeliae
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history
 
Date   action   by
2006-04-20 12:16:00 GMT  created  Charbonneau, Danny
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2009). Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225757 on 2010-02-09
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