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Gentoo Penguin

Pygoscelis papua
(Forster, JR, 1781)
Pingüino de Vincha
Family: Spheniscidae
Order: Sphenisciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Pingüino Papúa.

Synonyms: Aptenodytes papua.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 395566
  Adult
Canal Beagle
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/16/2014
Julián Tocce
Foto
Photography ID: 109816
  Adult
Isla Martillo
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/26/2014
Silvina Collado
Foto
Photography ID: 44733
  Adult
Isla Martillo
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/31/2014
Alec Earnshaw
Foto
Photography ID: 41442
  Adult
Isla Martillo
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
02/18/2014
Ruggeri Andres
Foto
Photography ID: 31433
  Adult
Isla Martillo
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/02/2014
Nicolás Bahntje



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
40912123/12/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloUlises Balza
21640914/12/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloDiana Weyland
160222111/12/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCanal de Beagle, UshuaiaCarmen Lúcia Bays Figueiredo
11608722/02/2014ArgentinaSanta CruzIsla Pinguino, Parque Interjurisdiccional Marino Isla PingüinoJulián Tocce
11845118/02/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloRuggeri Andres
123818416/02/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla Martillo, Canal BeagleJulián Tocce
10530731/01/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloAlec Earnshaw
44528826/01/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla Martillo20Julian Uriel Collado
64497926/01/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloSilvina Collado
8662102/01/2014ArgentinaTierra del FuegoIsla MartilloNicolás Bahntje
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.