Penguin Species

• Adelie - can reach speed of up to 9.3 mph while hunting


Adelie penguin, Andrew Shiva, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• African - can dive underwater for up to 2.5 minutes


African penguin, Bernard Gagnon, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• Chinstrap - can dive to depths of 230 feet


Chinstrap penguin, Andrew Shiva, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• Emperor - they can face wind chills of up to -76 degrees Fahrenheit


Emperor penguin, Michael Van Woert, commons.wikimedia.org

• Erect-crested - hunt in groups of 5 or more penguins


Erect-Crested penguin, C00ch, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• Fiordland - weigh up to 8.2 pounds


Fiordland penguin, John Barkla, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY

• Galapagos - around 20 iches in height


Galapagos, Charles J Sharp, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• Gentoo - only breed in areas free of ice and snow


Gentoo penguin, Arturo de Frias Marques, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• Humboldt - has excellent eyesight to detect food and predators


Humboldt penguin, Chris huh, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• King - they do not build nests, like most penguins do


King penguin, Isiwal, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• Little/Fairy/Blue - they are the smallest species of penguin, and weigh 3 pounds at the most


Little Blue penguin, Tanya Dropbear, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY

• Macaroni - can hop as well as waddle


Macaroni penguin, David Stanley, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY

• Magellanic - their diet consists of almost only fish


Magellanic penguin, David, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY

• Royal - has strips of yellow feathers above each eye


Royal penguin, Lin Padgham, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY

• Snares - they like to inhabit rocky coasts in New Zealand


Snares penguin, C00ch, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY-SA

• Yellow-eyed - they have pale yellow heads with brownish chins


Yellow-eyed penguin, Christian Mehlführer, commons.wikimedia.org, CC BY

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