Gentoo Penguin

Subspecies (4)

• Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi

  breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland, South Orkney, and South Sandwich islands

• Pygoscelis papua papua

  breeds on the Falkland Islands and, locally, in Tierra del Fuego

• Pygoscelis papua poncetii

  breeds on South Georgia Island

• Pygoscelis papua taeniata

  subantarctic waters, breeding on southern Indian Ocean islands (Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Heard), Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia); population on Kerguelen Island tentatively placed here, but represent a distinct taxon