Adélie penguin
| Adélie penguin | |
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| Hope Bay, Antarcticae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Aves |
| Order: | Sphenisciformes |
| Faimily: | Spheniscidae |
| Genus: | Pygoscelis |
| Species: | P. adeliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Pygoscelis adeliae | |
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| Distribution o the Adélie penguin Nestin steids in reid | |
The Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a species o penguin common alang the entire Antarctic coast, which is thair anly residence. Thay are amang the maist sootherly distributit o aw seabirds, as are the Emperor Penguin, the Sooth Polar Skua, the Wilson's Storm Petrel, the Snaw Petrel, an the Antarctic Petrel. In 1840, French splorer Jules Dumont d'Urville named them for his wife, Adélie.
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Pygoscelis adeliae". IUCN Reid Leet o Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. Internaitional Union for Conservation o Naitur. Retrieved 26 November 2013. Cite has empty unkent parameter:
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