Chinstrap Penguin
Pygoscelis antarcticus
Aves
UNCOMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- 15-20 yrs
- Size
- Medium
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Social
- Colony
- Biome
- Polar ocean
- Range
- Antarctica
- Movement
- Swimming
- Breeding
- Egg-laying
- Defense
- Herd Safety
- Status
- Uncommon
About
Chinstrap penguins are small birds with black bands around their heads that resemble helmets. They're known for their loud, harsh calls.
Life cycle
- 1.eggA clutch of eggs is incubated in the nest, kept warm by a brooding parent until the chicks pip free.
- 2.hatchlingA naked or downy hatchling is fed in the nest by its parents.
- 3.juvenileA feathered juvenile fledges from the nest and learns to fly and forage.
- 4.adultFully grown with adult plumage.
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Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Pygoscelis
- Species
- Pygoscelis antarcticus