When most people think of the different kinds of penguins, they’re possibly only thinking of the Emperor Penguins that live in Antarctica like the ones they saw in March of the Penguins. There are actually 17 different species of penguin. In the wild, they all live in the southern hemisphere although not all of them live in the antarcic region. There are species of penguin that live on the coasts of South America, Africa, Australia, New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands.
| Name | Scientific | Height | Weight | Natural Habitat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelie | Pygoscelis adeliae | 75cm | 3-6kg | Antarctica |
| African/Blackfooted | Spheniscus demersus | 63cm | 2-5kg | Coasts of South Africa |
| Chinstrap | Pygoscelis antarctica | 75cm | 4kg | North Graham Land, South Shetlands & South Orkneys, South Sandwich & Bouret Island |
| Emperor | Aptenodytes fosteri | 120cm | 23-45kg | Antarctica |
| Erect-Crested | Eudyptes sclateri | 70cm | 3.3-4.5kg | Bounty, Campbell, Antipodes & Auckland Islands |
| Fiordland Crested | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus | 50-70cm | 2.8-5.1kg | Southern New Zealand & nearby islands |
| Galapagos | Spheniscus mendiculus | 50cm | 1.7-2.8kg | Galapagos Islands |
| Gentoo | Pygoscelis papua | 75cm | 4.5-8kg | Antarctic & Sub-Antarctic Islands |
| Humboldt | Spheniscus humboldti | 68cm | 4.1-5.8kg | Coasts of Peru & Chile |
| King | Aptenodytes patagonicus | 90cm | 14-18kg | Antarctic & Sub-Antarctic Islands |
| Little Blue (Fairy) | Eudyptula minor | 40cm | 0.7-2.0kg | Southern Australia |
| Macaroni | Eudyptes chrysolophys | 66-76cm | 3-6kg | Sub-Antarctic Islands |
| Magellanic | Spheniscus magallnicus | 70cm | 0.9-7.9kg | Coasts of Patagonia & Falkland Islands |
| Rockhopper | Eudyptes chrysocome | 63cm | 2.0-3.2kg | Sub-Antarctic Islands |
| Royal | Eudyptes schlegeli | 68-75cm | 4.3-7.0kg | Macquaries & Campbell Islands and New Zealand |
| Snares | Eudyptes robustus | 73cm | 2.3-4.3kg | Snares Island |
| Yellow-eyed | Megadyptes antipodes | 75cm | 3.9-8.4kg | Southeast New Zealand |
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