Adélie Penguin

Pygoscelis adeliae

The Adélie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) is a bird found in Antarctica. Rocky coasts and sea ice around Antarctica. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fish. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

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Scientific name	Pygoscelis adeliae
Region	Polar & Oceans
Found in	Antarctica

🏡 Where the Adélie Penguin lives

Rocky coasts and sea ice around Antarctica.

🍽️ What it eats

🐛 Insects & bugs70%
🐟 Fish30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

LCNTVUENCREWEX

Least ConcernThere are plenty of these birds.

💡 Adélies stack up small pebbles to build nests, and steal them from each other.

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Recorded by 王自堃 (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC782594. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Adélie Penguin

Where does the Adélie Penguin live?

The Adélie Penguin lives in Antarctica. Rocky coasts and sea ice around Antarctica.

What does the Adélie Penguin eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), fish (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Adélie Penguin endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.