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A chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on Deception Island in Antarctica🐧

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SpeciesSphenisciformesSpheniscidae
Birds

🐧Chinstrap Penguin

Pygoscelis antarcticus (J.R.Forster, 1781)

턱끈펭귄(학명: Pygoscelis antarctica)은 남태평양과 남극해의 다양한 섬과 해안에 서식하는 젠투펭귄속의 펭귄 종이다. 부리 밑으로 검은 홑줄무늬가 있어 턱끈펭귄이라는 이름이 붙었다. 다른 펭귄들에 비해 성격이 매우 사납다.

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≈ 1/15th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2020.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
4.15 kg
Body length
0.68 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Everything we know about the Chinstrap Penguin

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Body mass
4.15 kgrecord 4.35 kg · SeaLifeBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Body length
0.68 mmaximum recorded, total length
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Tail length
0.14 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.1 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.06 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Marine
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Aquatic
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
4.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Chinstrap Penguin yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderSphenisciformes
  5. ›familySpheniscidae
  6. ›genusPygoscelis
  7. ›speciesPygoscelis antarcticus
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderPenguins · Sphenisciformes
  3. familySpheniscidae
  4. genusPygoscelis
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPenguins · Sphenisciformes
  11. familySpheniscidae
  12. genusPygoscelis
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Pingüí de cara blanca (ca), tučňák uzdičkový (cs), Rempingvin (da), Zügelpinguin (de), Pygoscelis antarcticus (es), myssypingviini (fi) … and 25 more languages
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A chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on Deception Island in Antarctica2019 03 03 Chinstrap penguin on Barrientos Island, Antarctica2019 03 03a Vertical Chinstrap penguin on Barrientos Island, Antarctica
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