Penguins

Chinstrap Penguin

Pygoscelis antarcticus

The Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) is a 4.1 kg ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Penguins

Order

Sphenisciformes

Weight

4.1 kg

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Antarctica, S. Geo. and the Is., Argentina, Australia, Falkland Is., United States.

Where to see it: Half Moon Island (Antarctica); Mowinckelkysten (Bouvet Island); Nyrøysa (Bouvet Island); At sea between 55° South and 57° South (Bouvet Island); Cooper Bay (South Georgia and the Islands).

Photo: (c) Sterling Sheehy, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist