Penguins

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.

Species in this family

• Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri
• King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus
• Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome
• Macaroni Penguin 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
• Magellanic Penguin Spheniscus magellanicus
• Galapagos Penguin Spheniscus mendiculus

Lookalikes compared

• Adelie Penguin vs Chinstrap Penguin
• Adelie Penguin vs Gentoo Penguin
• Erect-crested Penguin vs Macaroni Penguin
• Erect-crested Penguin vs Snares Penguin
• Erect-crested Penguin vs Southern Rockhopper Penguin
• Fiordland Penguin vs Snares Penguin
• Fiordland Penguin vs Southern Rockhopper Penguin
• Gentoo Penguin vs Chinstrap Penguin
• Gentoo Penguin vs Southern Rockhopper Penguin
• Humboldt Penguin vs Magellanic Penguin
• King Penguin vs Adelie Penguin
• King Penguin vs Emperor Penguin
• Little Penguin vs African Penguin
• Little Penguin vs Fiordland Penguin
• Macaroni Penguin vs Royal Penguin
• Macaroni Penguin vs Snares Penguin
• Macaroni Penguin vs Southern Rockhopper Penguin
• Magellanic Penguin vs Southern Rockhopper Penguin
• Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin vs Snares Penguin
• Southern Rockhopper Penguin vs Moseley's Rockhopper Penguin
• Southern Rockhopper Penguin vs Snares Penguin