Gentoo Penguin

How to identify

Field marks

1. A single broad white band across the crown
2. Bill bright orange-red
3. Webbed feet pale pinkish-white
4. Tail relatively long

Male, female and young

Chick has a gray back and a white front.

Voice

Often raises its head and gives loud trumpeting sounds.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: Antarctica, Falkland Islands, South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands

Gentoo Penguin has been recorded at 49 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 6 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Sea Lion IslandFalkland Islands876 records
2. Errera Channel – Cuverville IslandAntarctica490 records
3. Half Moon IslandAntarctica450 records

Countries and regions with the most records

AntarcticaFalkland IslandsSouth Georgia & South Sandwich IslandsArgentinaFrench Southern TerritoriesHeard & McDonald Islands

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) is a penguin species (and possibly species complex) in the genus Pygoscelis, most closely related to the Adélie penguin (P. adeliae) and the chinstrap penguin (P. antarcticus). The earliest scientific description was made in 1781 by Johann Reinhold Forster with a type locality in the Falkland Islands. The species calls in a variety of ways, but the most frequently heard is a loud, trumpeting call, emitted with the head thrown back.

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