Adélie penguin

E150835

The Adélie penguin is a small, black-and-white Antarctic penguin species known for its large breeding colonies on sea ice and rocky coasts around the Southern Ocean.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Adélie penguin canonical 9
Adélie penguins 5
Pygoscelis adeliae 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animal ⓘ
bird ⓘ
flightless bird ⓘ
penguin ⓘ
vertebrate ⓘ
adaptation countershaded coloration ⓘ
dense waterproof plumage ⓘ
thick layer of blubber ⓘ
averageHeight about 70 cm ⓘ
averageWeight about 3.5 to 6 kg ⓘ
binomialName Pygoscelis adeliae ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
breedingHabitat rocky coasts ⓘ
sea ice ⓘ
breedsOn Antarctic coast ⓘ
Antarctic islands ⓘ
linked to: Palmer Archipelago
class Aves ⓘ
commonNameLanguage English ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
describedBy Honoré Jacquinot ⓘ
Jacques Bernard Hombron ⓘ
diet krill ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
squid ⓘ
family Spheniscidae ⓘ
linked to: Sphenisciformes
foragingHabitat open ocean ⓘ
sea ice zone ⓘ
genus Pygoscelis ⓘ
hasColor black back ⓘ
white belly ⓘ
white eye ring ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
locomotion swimming ⓘ
tobogganing on belly ⓘ
walking on ice ⓘ
migrationPattern seasonal movements with sea ice ⓘ
namedAfter Adélie Land ⓘ
nativeTo Antarctica ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ
nestType stone nest ⓘ
notableColonyLocation Adélie Land ⓘ
Ross Island ⓘ
order Sphenisciformes ⓘ
primaryPredator leopard seal ⓘ
skua ⓘ
south polar skua ⓘ
reproduction lays two eggs per clutch ⓘ
socialBehavior colonial breeder ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threat climate change ⓘ
sea ice loss ⓘ
yearDescribed 1841 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ross Sea → notableSpecies → Adélie penguin ⓘ
Adélie penguin → binomialName → Pygoscelis adeliae ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
McMurdo Sound → hasWildlife → Adélie penguins ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Sphenisciformes → notableSpeciesExample → Pygoscelis adeliae ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Franklin Island (Antarctica) → hasFauna → Adélie penguin ⓘ
Gerlache Strait → wildlifeIncludes → Adélie penguins ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Marguerite Bay → hasFauna → Adélie penguin ⓘ
Cierva Cove → hasWildlife → Adélie penguin ⓘ
Pygoscelis → includesTaxon → Pygoscelis adeliae ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Pygoscelis → includesTaxon → Pygoscelis antarcticus ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Pygoscelis → notableSpecies → Adélie penguin ⓘ
George Levick → studied → Adélie penguins ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Spheniscidae → includesSpecies → Pygoscelis adeliae ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Spheniscidae → includesSpecies → Pygoscelis antarcticus ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
Jacques Bernard Hombron → studied → Adélie penguin ⓘ
ASPA 121 → hasPrimarySpeciesProtected → Adélie penguin ⓘ
ASPA 121 → notableFor → Adélie penguin colony ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
David Ainley → studies → Adélie penguins ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin
ASPA 124 → protectsSpecies → Adélie penguin ⓘ
Davis Station → wildlife → Adélie penguins ⓘ
linked to: Adélie penguin