Pygoscelis
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The genus Pygoscelis contains three living species of penguins collectively known as "brush-tailed penguins".
Manchot 01
Adelie (front) and gentoo (back), near the Weddell Sea
A chinstrap amidst gentoos, at King George Island
Adelie Penguin
Gentoo penguin
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The gentoo penguin is a penguin species in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related to the Adélie penguin and the Chinstrap penguin. The earliest scientific description was made in 1781 by Johann Re
Pygoscelis
…Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832 Type species Aptenodytes antarctica Species Pygoscelis adeliae Pygoscelis antarcticus Pygoscelis papua †Pygoscelis tyreei (fossil) †Pygoscelis calderensis (fossil) †Pygoscelis grandis (fossil) The genus Pygoscelis ("rump-legged") contains three living…
Brown Bluff 2016 Tabarin Peninsula–Gentoo penguin 03
Gentoo penguin in front of a group of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) on Saunders Island
A family on Wiencke Island, Palmer Archipelago, off the coast of the Antarctic Peninsula
Egg, Museum Wiesbaden