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 LC    Chinstrap Penguin* Id (Atlas):
    Pygoscelis antarcticus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Chinstrap Penguin, Ringed Penguin, Bearded Penguin, Antarctic Penguin, Stonecracker

Family
Spheniscidae (Penguins)

Size
69 - 77 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Forster, 1781)

Derivation
Pygoscelis - Gk, pygos, elbow; Gk, oscelos, leg: an-tarc'-tic-a - L., southern

Abundance (Guide)
Estimated population, 18 million.

Habitat
Marine, in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters.

Range (Guide)
Antarctica (B), Argentina, Bouvet Island (B), Chile, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), French Southern Territories, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (B).

Vagrant to Australia, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, New Zealand, South Africa, St Helena.

Circumpolar, with bulk of population in southern Atlantic.
 
Population
Estimated population is 8,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Almost entirely euphausiids, with a few fish and other crustaceans, probably taken in pursuit-diving, near the surface.

Voice
Loud cackling and quite humming and hissing calls uttered mainly at nest sites during the breeding season.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) [XC619454]
     by Santiago Imberti from Petermann Island, Antarctica (begging call, song)

 
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) [XC14606]
     by Andrew Spencer from Baily's Head, Deception Is., Antarctica (call)

Nest
On the ground, a circular platform of small stones with a shallow cup. Ooccasionally feathers and artificial objects may also be incorporated. In colonies.

Eggs (Guide)
1 - 3, usually 2; smooth, off-white to cream, sometimes streaked or tinged green; oval; about 62 - 73 x 49 - 57 mm. Incubation: about 34 - 40 days; by both sexes, in alternate shifts.

Young
Semi-altricial, nidicolous. Fed by both parents.

Subspecies
Said to form superspecies with Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae).

No subspecies.


References
See References.

The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9


Files:
JPG files for Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) - 10 files


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