🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Gentoo Penguin live?

Pygoscelis papua has 30,887 records in 15 countries and territories, from 1863 to 2026. Most records come from Antarctica.

AnimaliaChordataAvesSphenisciformesSpheniscidaePygoscelis

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Antarctica 17,748
South Georgia 5,175
Falkland Islands 4,922
Argentina 1,179
Australia 727
French Southern Territories 443
Chile 414
Heard & McDonald Islands 123
South Africa 54
United Kingdom 41
ZZ 19
United States 16
New Zealand 9
Bouvet Island 6
Spain 1

Related animals

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Emperor Penguin
131,669 records
Macaroni Penguin
Macaroni Penguin
87,055 records
Magellanic Penguin
38,565 records
Chinstrap Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin
16,613 records
Southern Rockhopper Penguin
8,734 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.