Gentoo Penguin

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q213021
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Summary

Gentoo Penguin is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,849 views/month, #936 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Pygoscelis[5]
  • Taxon name: Pygoscelis papua[6]
  • Commons category: Pygoscelis papua[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Pygoscelis papua[8]
  • Commons gallery: Pygoscelis papua[9]
  • Original combination: Aptenodytes papua[10]
  • Taxon common name: pengwin jentw[11], Gentoo Penguin[12], Eselspinguin[13], Pingüino juanito[14], pingüí de corona blanca[15], tučňák oslí[16], eeselpingviin[17], Bøylepingvin[18], Папуанский пингвин[19], ジェンツーペンギン[20], Brillepingvin[21], valkokulmapingviini[22], szamárpingvin[23], pingwin białobrewy[24]
  • Mass: 136 g[25]
  • Habitat: Cuverville Island[26], Falkland Islands[27], South Georgia[28], Antarctic Peninsula[29], Crozet Islands[30], Kerguelen Islands[31]

Body

Identifiers

Gentoo Penguin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3808[32]. Gentoo Penguin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30457[33]. Gentoo Penguin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45512076[34]. Gentoo Penguin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481666[35]. Gentoo Penguin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174447[36].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Gentoo Penguin include Gentoo Linux[37], a Linux distribution[38], founded in 2002[39].

Why It Matters

Gentoo Penguin has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]

Entities named for it include Gentoo Linux[37], a Linux distribution[38], founded in 2002[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [36] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [35] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [41] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · MPF · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 60
    Taxon range map image → Gentoo Penguin.png
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'arz', 'az', 'be', 'bg', 'br', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Taxon range map image: Gentoo Penguin.png"
  2. 22w ago · Togopic · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Pygoscelis papua
    Nztcs conservation status → vagrant
    Instance of → —
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: 202501 Gentoo penguin.svg, Added image data."
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