Taxon data and maps: Pygoscelis antarctica
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 1087
- Common Name
- Chinstrap Penguin
- Authority
- (Forster,1781)
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Pygoscelis
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- Catalogue id
- IA4168
- Caption
- Pleneau Island icebergs near tourist landing site
- Photographer
- Powell, Stephen
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 692 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1903 to 2006.
692 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
640 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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or search within the following collections -
| Inventory of Antarctic seabird breeding sites Details | 685 data pts | |
| Seabirds of the Southern and South Indian Ocean Details | 7 data pts | |
Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.