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The emperor penguin is found only on the continent of Antarctica. Unlike all other penguins, it breeds during the Antarctic winter. Happy Feet starts the long journey home" (Video). 3 News NZ. August 29, 2011. Archived from the original on February 2, 2012 . Retrieved November 21, 2012.

The common belief is that there are between 17 and 20 different Penguin species on the planet. 6. Penguins use a layer of air for various benefits. Penguins are carnivores: they feed on fish, squid, crabs, krill and other seafood they catch while swimming. During the summer, an active, medium-sized penguin will eat about 2 pounds of food each day, but in the winter they’ll eat just a third of that. In comparison, the worlds smallest penguins are the Little Blue penguins. They are just over 30cm high on their flippers. (Yes, you’re thinking you could fit one in your bag, and keep it in your bath, arent you…?). 3. You’ll only find wild penguins in the Southern Hemisphere

Due to its slate-blue plumage color, the little penguin is sometimes called the blue penguin, particularly in New Zealand. Adult little penguins are normally no more than 13 inches (33 cm) tall and they usually weigh around 3.3 lbs (1.5 kg).

Snares penguin is a species of crested penguin that breeds on (and is named after) The Snares, a group of islands that lie 124 miles / 200 km south of New Zealand’s South Island.a href="https://outforia.com/types-of-penguins/">
Types of Penguins Infographic by Outforia Simpson, G.G. (1946). "Fossil penguins" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 81. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 11, 2007 . Retrieved September 25, 2010. With a declining global population that currently numbers just 2,600 to 3,000 mature individuals, the yellow-eyed penguin is an endangered species.

The Gentoo penguin is found on several island groups in the sub-Antarctic region, including the Falkland Islands and South Georgia in the southern Atlantic Ocean, and the Kerguelen Islands (also known as the Desolation Islands) in the southern Indian Ocean. The Snares penguin has a yellow eyebrow-crest and a heavy, orange-red bill. At the base of the bill is an area of bare, pink-colored skin.

King penguin

From a distance, the yellow-eyed penguin looks a bit like the gentoo, thanks to the yellow band that wraps around its head. However, the two species don’t overlap in range, so they’re impossible to misidentify in the wild.

While their waddling might make you think that they’re not very comfortable on land, penguins are actually quite skilled at moving around on solid ground. Granted, they’re much more graceful in the water, but penguins are also well-adapted to their terrestrial habitat. The Megadyptes– Eudyptes clade occurs at similar latitudes (though not as far north as the Galápagos penguin), has its highest diversity in the New Zealand region, and represents a westward dispersal. They are characterized by hairy yellow ornamental head feathers; their bills are at least partly red. These two genera diverged apparently in the Middle Miocene ( Langhian, roughly 15–14 mya), but again, the living species of Eudyptes are the product of a later radiation, stretching from about the late Tortonian (Late Miocene, 8 mya) to the end of the Pliocene. [31] Geography Named after its primary breeding grounds, the Snares Islands, the Snares penguin( Eudyptes robustus) is a small crested penguin that’s known for living in fairly large colonies. Caballero, Rodrigo; Huber, Matthew (August 27, 2013). "State-dependent climate sensitivity in past warm climates and its implications for future climate projections". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 110 (35): 14162–14167. Bibcode: 2013PNAS..11014162C. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1303365110. ISSN 0027-8424. PMC 3761583. PMID 23918397.Last but not least, we have the macaroni penguin( Eudyptes chrysolophus). Of all the crested penguins, it’s the most likely species that you might see if you venture to Antarctica as a tourist. However, its primary range is the sub-Antarctic Islands of the Atlantic and Indian oceans. While some biologists may regard two closely-related penguins as being separate species, others regard them as being the same species.) The Fiordland penguin( Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) is a medium-sized crested penguin that’s found only in New Zealand. In te reo Māori, the Fiordland penguin is called tawakior pokotiwha. It is also called the New Zealand crested penguin because its natural range extends beyond the region of Fiordland. The Antarctic krill, a crustacean that is abundant in Antarctic waters, forms the bulk of the Adélie penguin’s diet. Karleskint, George (2012). Introduction to Marine Biology. Cengage Publishing. p.30. ISBN 978-1285402222. Archived from the original on July 21, 2020 . Retrieved August 15, 2018.