GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION IN GENTOO PENGUINS PYGOSCELIS PAPUA

Summary Field and museum measurements confirm the existence of a morphologically distinct southern subspecies of Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi , breeding on the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands. Morphological and zonal differences between other island...

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Published in:Ibis
Main Author: Stonehouse, Bernard
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1970
Subjects:
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
South Shetland Islands
The Antarctic
Antarc*
Gentoo penguin
Pygoscelis papua
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1970.tb00075.x
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Summary:Summary Field and museum measurements confirm the existence of a morphologically distinct southern subspecies of Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi , breeding on the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Orkney and South Shetland Islands. Morphological and zonal differences between other island stocks are noted, but present evidence does not support further definition of subspecies.

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