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Magellanic Penguin

Spheniscus magellanicus
(Forster, JR, 1781)
Pingüino Patagónico
Pinguim-de-magalhães
Family: Spheniscidae
Order: Sphenisciformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Mar del Plata

Other common names: Pingüino De Magallanes.

Synonyms: Aptenodytes magellanicus.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 641894
 Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/05/2025
Regina Gerbaldo
Foto
Photography ID: 609719
  Immature
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/29/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 609245
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
06/20/2024
José Luis Ianiro
Foto
Photography ID: 544531
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/05/2023
Carlos Valpreda
Foto
Photography ID: 542202
♂ ♀ Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/09/2023
Santiago Alemán
Foto
Photography ID: 542201
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
07/09/2023
Santiago Alemán
Foto
Photography ID: 506240
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/23/2022
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 506238
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/23/2022
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 505875
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/23/2022
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 505874
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/23/2022
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 503464
  Juvenile
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/08/2022
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 301169
  Adult
Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires
Argentina
08/01/2015
Gustavo Masuzzo



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
231559905/07/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Sur, Mar del PlataRegina Gerbaldo
240743501/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresPelágica (milla 10 a 25), Mar del PlataSilvina Collado
227635201/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresPelágica (milla 10 a 25), Mar del Plata1Julian Uriel Collado
225654601/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresPelágica (puerto a Milla 10), Mar del Plata1Claudio Ruben Rodriguez
225648601/03/2025ArgentinaBuenos AiresPelágica (puerto a Milla 10), Mar del Plata1Victor Hugo Michelini
219538129/07/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Norte, Mar del PlataJosé Luis Ianiro
211973422/06/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresFaro punta mogotes, Mar del Plata1Victor Hugo Michelini
219101520/06/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresEscollera Norte, Mar del PlataJosé Luis Ianiro
197126411/02/2024ArgentinaBuenos AiresPelágica (milla 10 a 25), Mar del Plata1Gabriel Carbajales
225657405/08/2023ArgentinaBuenos Aires25 millas al E de la costa, Mar del Plata8Claudio Ruben Rodriguez
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 16/03/2026.