Spheniscus magellanicus, Magellanic penguin
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Spheniscus magellanicus   (Forster, 1781)

Magellanic penguin
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Aves | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Others.  Subtropical

Distribution Territories | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Southeast Pacific and Southwest Atlantic.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 70.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 91362); common length : 70.0 cm tl male/unsexed; (Ref. 8812); max. published weight: 4.1 kg (Ref. 356)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Total population is estimated between 4,500,000 and 10 million birds. There is an observed population decline towards the end of the 19th century although their range has extended northwards (Ref. 84934). This is known as a noisy, gregarious but timid species which are found to nest in burrows (Ref. 91362). Pursuit diving (Ref. 356).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Harrison, P. 1987 Seabirds of the world: a photographic guide. Christopher Helm, Hong Kong, 317p. (Ref. 91362)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 August 2020

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses


FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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Internet sources

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO - Publication: search | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Fishing Vulnerability
(Ref. 71543)		 Moderate to high vulnerability (48 of 100).
Price category
(Ref. 80766):		 Unknown.