Adélie penguin
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The Adélie penguin is a species of penguin common along the entire coast of the Antarctic continent. It is the most widespread penguin species in the Antarctic, and, along with the emperor penguin, is
Hope Bay 2016 Trinity Peninsula–Adélie penguin 04
Pygoscelis adeliae Distribuzione
Adult with chicks
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Pygoscelis
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The genus Pygoscelis contains three living species of penguins collectively known as "brush-tailed penguins".
Adélie penguin
…Adélie", French for Adélie Land, itself named for Dumont d'Urville's wife, Adèle. The bird was later placed in several other genera, including Eudyptes, Pygoscelis and the now-defunct genus Dasyrhamphus, and was also later inadvertently redescribed as Pygoscelis brevirostris. The Adélie penguin is one of three…
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Adelie (front) and gentoo (back), near the Weddell Sea
A chinstrap amidst gentoos, at King George Island
Adelie Penguin