Magellanic penguin: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Magellanic penguin lives – recorded in 5 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Spheniscus magellanicus
Group	Penguins
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	5 countries
Continents	South America
Mass	107 g (birth weight); 4.47 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.77 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Sphenisciformes
Family	Spheniscidae

Where does the Magellanic penguin live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Magellanic penguin in 5 countries and territories across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: United Kingdom, Brazil, 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 Magellanic penguin?

Wikidata records the following for the Magellanic penguin: mass 107 g (birth weight); 4.47 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.77 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the Magellanic penguin endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the Magellanic penguin?

The Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) is a bird in the order Sphenisciformes and the family Spheniscidae, genus Spheniscus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Magellanic penguin

The Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Patagonia, including Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil and Uruguay, where they are occasionally seen as far north as Espírito Santo. Vagrants have been found in El Salvador, the Avian Island in Antarctica, Australia, and New Zealand. It is the most numerous of the Spheniscus banded penguins. Its nearest relatives are the African penguin, the Humboldt penguin, and the Galápagos penguins. The Magellanic penguin was named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted the birds in 1520. The species is listed as being of Least Concern by the IUCN.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Magellanic penguin (revision 1379696641), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q207246 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).