Penguin species

Where do penguins live, description (size, color), what they eat, species list, mating, baby penguins, characteristics, sounds, lifespan, and pictures.

compare types of penguins - average height, where they're found, if they like warm/cold weather

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Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) / Manchot Adélie

Eudyptes schlegeli, Royal Penguin. The largest crested penguin, with a diagnostic whitish face. Only breeds on Macquarie Island; occasionally seen off of New Zealand’s subantarctic islands. Note bright yellow, orange, and black plumes. Easily distinguished from Macaroni Penguin by whitish face, and from Chinstrap Penguin by crests. Like most seabirds they are colonial, nesting in scrapes on the ground up to a mile inland. They feed on krill, small fish, and small amounts of squid.

African Penguin

Interesting

A population a group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area. Emperor Penguins fit into the population because of the other Penguins that live in the same area. A...

There are about 10,000 species of birds alive today. Almost 200 additional species have gone extinct since the year 1500 and there are innumerable fossil species of birds in the geological column.…

Macaroni Penguin. Their name comes from the distinctive yellow feathered crest on the penguins' heads that apparently resemble the feathers that featured on hats worn by men in the 18th century; referred to as macaroni's (just like in the classic nursery rhyme 'Yankee Doodle'). #penguinmagic #penguinoftheday #penguinsofmadagascar

The Little blue penguin is the smallest among all penguin species ~.~