Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis papua
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,535
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇶 Antarctica
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The gentoo penguin ( JEN-too) (Pygoscelis papua) is a penguin species (or possibly a species complex) in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related to the Adélie penguin (P. adeliae) and the Chinstrap penguin (P. antarcticus). The earliest scientific description was made in 1781 by Johann Reinhold Forster with a type locality in the Falkland Islands. The species calls in a variety of ways, but the most frequently heard is a loud, trumpeting call, emitted with the head thrown back.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Gentoo penguin”.