Adelie penguin
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Adelie penguins leap out of the sea and take a breath above the water.
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Adelie penguins leap out of the sea and take a breath above the water.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Adelie penguin
- Scientific name
- Pygoscelis adeliae
- Japanese name
- アデリーペンギン
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Sphenisciformes
- Family
- Spheniscidae
- Genus
- Pygoscelis
A penguin that raises its young on the coasts of Antarctica and on the islands around it.
On ice and snow, it sometimes slides along on its belly.
How the Adelie penguin lives
They eat krill and fish. During the breeding season, they build nests from small stones. Males and females take turns incubating eggs and caring for chicks. When chicks replace their down with adult feathers, they can swim.
University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web名古屋港水族館Basic data
- Weight
- 3.62–4.99 kg
- Lifespan
- 5–16 years in the wild
- Active
- By day (diurnal)
- Diet
- Krill and fish
- Range
- Antarctic region
Where the Adelie penguin has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アデリーペンギン
- 简体中文
- 阿德利企鹅
- 繁體中文
- 阿德利企鵝
- 한국어
- 아델리펭귄
- Español
- Pingüino de Adelia
- Français
- Manchot d'Adélie
- Deutsch
- Adeliepinguin
- Português (Brasil)
- Pinguim-de-adélia
- Italiano
- Pinguino di Adelia
- العربية
- بطريق آديلي
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Penguin Adélie
- Tiếng Việt
- Chim cánh cụt Adélie
- Русский
- Пингвин Адели
- Türkçe
- Adelie pengueni
- বাংলা
- অ্যাডিলি পেঙ্গুইন
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 名古屋港水族館 — アデリーペンギンChecked: 2026-11-03
- University of Michigan Animal Diversity Web — Pygoscelis adeliaeChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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