Gentoo Penguin

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q213021
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Gentoo Penguin

Summary

Gentoo Penguin is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,073 views/month, #936 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gentoo Penguin's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Gentoo Penguin is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Gentoo Penguin's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Gentoo Penguin is classified within Pygoscelis[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Gentoo Penguin is Pygoscelis papua[7].
  • Gentoo Penguin's Commons category is recorded as Pygoscelis papua[8].
  • Gentoo Penguin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Pygoscelis papua[9].
  • Gentoo Penguin's Commons gallery is recorded as Pygoscelis papua[10].
  • Gentoo Penguin's original combination is recorded as Aptenodytes papua[11].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'pengwin jentw'}[12].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Gentoo Penguin'}[13].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Eselspinguin'}[14].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pingüino juanito'}[15].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'pingüí de corona blanca'}[16].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'tučňák oslí'}[17].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'et', 'text': 'eeselpingviin'}[18].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'Bøylepingvin'}[19].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Папуанский пингвин'}[20].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': 'ジェンツーペンギン'}[21].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'da', 'text': 'Brillepingvin'}[22].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'valkokulmapingviini'}[23].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'hu', 'text': 'szamárpingvin'}[24].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'pingwin białobrewy'}[25].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'sk', 'text': 'tučniak bieloškvrnový'}[26].
  • Gentoo Penguin is commonly known as {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'åsnepingvin'}[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Gentoo Penguin is Pygoscelis papua[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Pygoscelis[6]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'cy', 'text': 'pengwin jentw'}[12], {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'it'}[13], {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Eselspinguin'}[14], {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Pingüino juanito'}[15], {'lang': 'ca', 'text': 'pingüí de corona blanca'}[16], and {'lang': 'cs', 'text': 'tučňák oslí'}[17].

Identifiers

Gentoo Penguin's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 3808[28]. Gentoo Penguin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 30457[29]. Gentoo Penguin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45512076[30]. Gentoo Penguin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2481666[31]. Gentoo Penguin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174447[32].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Gentoo Penguin include Gentoo Linux[33], a Linux distribution[34], founded in 2002[35].

Why It Matters

Gentoo Penguin ranks in the top 0.48% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,073 views/month, #936 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Gentoo Linux[33], a Linux distribution[34], founded in 2002[35].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [29] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [32] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] . wikidata.org.
  10. [31] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Gwefan Llên Natur. 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] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [35] . 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. [36] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20d ago · Togopic · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category Category:Pygoscelis papua
    Nztcs conservation status vagrant
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    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
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