Adélie penguin

E150835

animal bird flightless bird penguin vertebrate

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.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Adélie penguin canonical	5
Adélie penguins	2
Pygoscelis adeliae	2

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	Adélie penguin self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Pygoscelis adeliae
breedingHabitat	rocky coasts ⓘ sea ice ⓘ
breedsOn	Antarctic coast ⓘ Palmer Archipelago ⓘ surface form: Antarctic islands
class	Aves ⓘ
commonNameLanguage	English ⓘ
conservationStatus	Least Concern ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem	IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ⓘ surface form: IUCN Red List
describedBy	Honoré Jacquinot ⓘ Jacques Bernard Hombron ⓘ
diet	krill ⓘ small fish ⓘ squid ⓘ
family	Sphenisciformes ⓘ surface form: Spheniscidae
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Ross Sea → notableSpecies → Adélie penguin ⓘ

Adélie penguin → binomialName → Adélie penguin self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pygoscelis adeliae

McMurdo Sound → hasWildlife → Adélie penguin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adélie penguins

Sphenisciformes → notableSpeciesExample → Adélie penguin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pygoscelis adeliae

Franklin Island (Antarctica) → hasFauna → Adélie penguin ⓘ

Franklin Island (Antarctica) → hasBreedingColonyOf → Adélie penguin ⓘ

Gerlache Strait → wildlifeIncludes → Adélie penguin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Adélie penguins

Marguerite Bay → hasFauna → Adélie penguin ⓘ

Cierva Cove → hasWildlife → Adélie penguin ⓘ