Família
Penguins
Spheniscidae
18 espécies com página no Motmot.
Ordem: Sphenisciformes
Penguins are a group of flightless semi-aquatic sea birds which live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galapagos penguin, lives at, and slightly north of, the equator. Highly adapted for life in the ocean water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming.
Espécies desta família
- emperor penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
- pinguim-rei Aptenodytes patagonicus
- pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo Eudyptes chrysocome
- pinguim-macaroni Eudyptes chrysolophus
- moseley's rockhopper penguin Eudyptes moseleyi
- fiordland penguin Eudyptes pachyrhynchus
- snares penguin Eudyptes robustus
- royal penguin Eudyptes schlegeli
- erect-crested penguin Eudyptes sclateri
- little penguin Eudyptula minor
- yellow-eyed penguin Megadyptes antipodes
- adelie penguin Pygoscelis adeliae
- chinstrap penguin Pygoscelis antarcticus
- gentoo penguin Pygoscelis papua
- african penguin Spheniscus demersus
- humboldt penguin Spheniscus humboldti
- pinguim-de-magalhães Spheniscus magellanicus
- galapagos penguin Spheniscus mendiculus
Espécies parecidas comparadas
- adelie penguin vs chinstrap penguin
- adelie penguin vs gentoo penguin
- erect-crested penguin vs pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo
- erect-crested penguin vs pinguim-macaroni
- erect-crested penguin vs snares penguin
- fiordland penguin vs pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo
- fiordland penguin vs snares penguin
- gentoo penguin vs chinstrap penguin
- gentoo penguin vs pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo
- humboldt penguin vs pinguim-de-magalhães
- little penguin vs african penguin
- little penguin vs fiordland penguin
- moseley's rockhopper penguin vs snares penguin
- pinguim-de-magalhães vs pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo
- pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo vs moseley's rockhopper penguin
- pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo vs snares penguin
- pinguim-macaroni vs pinguim-de-penacho-amarelo
- pinguim-macaroni vs royal penguin
- pinguim-macaroni vs snares penguin
- pinguim-rei vs adelie penguin
- pinguim-rei vs emperor penguin