Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (28)
- Subspecies (4)
Isabel Martínez, David Christie, Francesc Jutglar, Ernest Garcia, and Christopher J. Sharpe
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2017
Text last updated April 20, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Witoorpikkewyn |
| Bulgarian | Субантарктически пингвин |
| Catalan | pingüí de corona blanca |
| Croatian | žutonogi pingvin |
| Czech | tučňák oslí |
| Dutch | Ezelspinguïn |
| English | Gentoo Penguin |
| English (United States) | Gentoo Penguin |
| Finnish | valkokulmapingviini |
| French | Manchot papou |
| French (France) | Manchot papou |
| German | Eselspinguin |
| Icelandic | Asnamörgæs |
| Japanese | ジェンツーペンギン |
| Norwegian | bøylepingvin |
| Polish | pingwin białobrewy |
| Russian | Ослиный пингвин |
| Serbian | Gentu pingvin |
| Slovak | tučniak bieloškvrnový |
| Slovenian | Oslovski pingvin |
| Spanish | Pingüino Juanito |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pingüino de Vincha |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pingüino papúa |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pingüino juanito |
| Swedish | åsnepingvin |
| Turkish | Gento Pengueni |
| Ukrainian | Пінгвін-шкіпер |
| Zulu | inguzemqhelomhlophe |
Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781)
PROTONYM:
Aptenodytes papua
Forster, 1781. Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 3(1780), p.134,140 pl.3.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Falkland Islands.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- PYGOSCELIS
- papou / papua / papuae
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Gentoo Penguin
