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Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781) 
AphiaID: 225777

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Tetrapoda (Superclass) > Aves (Class) > Sphenisciformes (Order) > Spheniscidae (Family) > Pygoscelis (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
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 
Dutch ezelspinguïn  [details]
English gentoo penguin  [details]
French Manchot papou  [details]
German Eselspinguin  [details]
Environment marine
Distribution New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Southern Ocean [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (118 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (83 nucleotides; 41 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To ITIS
Notes  Breeding Category: Breeding [details]

IUCN Red List Category: Near Threatened [details]
Images 
Gentoo Penguin (A3)CS2_1
Gentoo Penguin (A3)CS2_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:16:30

Gentoo Penguin + chick [orig]
Gentoo Penguin + chick [orig]
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:00

Gentoo Penguin 01 [orig]
Gentoo Penguin 01 [orig]
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:22

Gentoo Penguin 3 chicks [orig]
Gentoo Penguin 3 chicks [orig]
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:28

Gentoo Penguin adult#10BF38_1
Gentoo Penguin adult#10BF38_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:16

Gentoo Penguin chick [orig]
Gentoo Penguin chick [orig]
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:33

Gentoo Penguin chiick a_1
Gentoo Penguin chiick a_1
added on 2006-05-12 - author: Eric Woehler
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:41

Gentoo penguin
Gentoo penguin
added on 2006-05-26 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:48

Gentoo feeding
Gentoo feeding
added on 2006-05-30 - author: José Luis Orgeira ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:55

pygoscelis papua Crozet95-2
pygoscelis papua Crozet95-2
added on 2006-10-17 - author: Yan Ropert-Coudert ()
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:31:03

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-27 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:30:10

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:31:12

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:31:21

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:31:32

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:31:39

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:31:48

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:31:58

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:32:08

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:32:44

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:32:57

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:33:08

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:33:28

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:33:37

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:33:51

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:34:03

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:34:16

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:33:16

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:16:43

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:17:36

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:17:43

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2007-05-28 - author: Martin Rauschert
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:17:54

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:17:25

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:17:17

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2009-02-19 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:17:10

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:17:02

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2010-06-10 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 11:16:53

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:32:34

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:32:28

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:32:21

Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis papua
added on 2012-02-05 - author: VLIZ Collection
qualitystatus: checked by Tasker, Mark on 2012-09-28 10:32:14
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225777
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2006-04-20 12:16:00Z  created  Charbonneau, Danny
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z  checked  Adriaens, Peter
  
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  Citation: Adriaens, P. (2013). Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=225777 on 2013-05-21
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