What are 4 types of birds that live in Antarctica?

Answer 1

There are around 45 species of birds which live in and around the coastline and the waters of the Antarctic.

• There are four species of penguins which live at Antarctica: Adelie, Emperor, Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins. Three more species are found in Antarctica but not restricted just to the Antarctic: they are the Rockhopper, Macaroni and Kingpenguins.
• Five species of albatross are found in the Antarctic. They include the Wandering, Grey headed, Black-browed, Sooty and Light-mantled albatross.
• Three species of cormorants - the Crozet shag, Imperial shag and Antarctic shag - are all found in the Antarctic.
• The Yellow-billed pintail is a waterfowl which occurs in the Antarctic.
• The Snowy Sheathbill, South polar skua, Brown skua and Kelp gull are also found in the Antarctic, along with both the Antarctic tern and the Arctic tern.
• There are also 23 species of shearwaters and petrels which can be found in the Antarctic.

Answer 2

No bird lives in Antarctica: it's too cold and there is no food chain.

Several types of sea birds, however, visit Antarctica to breed. These include turns, penguins, skua, and albatross.

Answer 3

There are four species of penguins which live at Antarctica: Adelie, Emperor, Chinstrap and Gentoopenguins. The Antarctic is not their only range.

Other birds which live on the coastal fringes of Antarctica and the islands, visiting Antarctic waters, include various species of albatross, cormorant, fulmar, gull (kelp gull), petrel, sheathbill, skua, and the Arctic ternwhich migrates from the Arctic to the Antarctic every year.

Answer 4

No animals live in Antarctica. Many sea birds and sea mammals come to the beaches to breed, however.