Common Names
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Common Names in Dutch:
Stormbandpinguïn
Common Names in English:
Bearded Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin
Common Names in French:
Manchot à Jugulaire
Common Names in German:
Kehlstreifpinguin
Description
Physical Description
Adult : Head : Crown: black Face : Cheeks: white Chin: think black strip extending from ear to ear Forehead: black Bill: black Neck: Nape: black Sides: white Throat : white Body: Back: lead-gray Underparts: white Legs : Foot Color: pink.
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -6,870 meters (0 to -22,539 feet).Mean = -1,165.300 meters (-3,823.163 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,432.990 based on 575 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
()
- Bonaparte, 1854
- Albatrosses, Alcids
- Suborder:
Ciconii
()
-
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
()
-
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
()
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
()
- Family:
Spheniscidae
()
- Bonaparte, 1831
- Genus:
Pygoscelis
()
- Wagler, 1832
- Specific name:
antarctica
- (Forster, 1781)
- Scientific name: - Pygoscelis antarctica (Forster, 1781)
- Specific name:
antarctica
- (Forster, 1781)
- Genus:
Pygoscelis
(
- Family:
Spheniscidae
(
- Superfamily:
Procellarioidea
(
- Parvorder:
Ciconiida
(
- Infraorder:
Ciconiides
(
- Suborder:
Ciconii
(
- Order:
Ciconiiformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Pygoscelis antarctica (Forster, 1781)
- Pygoscelis antarctica (Forster, JR) 1781
- Pygoscelis antarcticus (J. R. Forster, 1781)
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Pygoscelis
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
P. adeliae (Adelie Penguin) · P. antarctica (Chinstrap Penguin) · P. antarcticus · P. papua (Gentoo Penguin) · P. papua ellsworthi · P. papua papua · P. papua taeniata
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites
- Australian Antarctic Data Centre: Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University: SEAMAP - marine mammals, birds and turtles
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Ornithology Collection
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- PANGAEA - Publishing Network for Geoscientific and Environmental Data: Pangaea
- Senckenberg: Collection Aves (spirit preserved)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3851883
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-174446
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13809488
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 174446
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 151925
