Gentoo penguin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the gentoo penguin lives – recorded in 7 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Pygoscelis papua
Group	Penguins
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	7 countries
Continents	Africa, Antarctica, Oceania, South America
Mass	136 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Sphenisciformes
Family	Spheniscidae

Where does the gentoo penguin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the gentoo penguin in 7 countries and territories across Africa, Antarctica, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a gentoo penguin?

Wikidata records the following for the gentoo penguin: mass 136 g (birth weight).

Is the gentoo penguin endangered?

The gentoo penguin’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the gentoo penguin?

The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) is a bird in the order Sphenisciformes and the family Spheniscidae, genus Pygoscelis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the gentoo penguin

The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) is a penguin species (and possibly 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.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gentoo penguin (revision 1381279625), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q213021 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).