Sphenisciformes
Penguins (Spheniscidae)
HBW 1, p. 140
- Medium-sized to large, flightless seabirds with thick-set body, short, robust legs, and wings compressed to form flippers.
- Antarctic and Australasian Regions; marginal in Afrotropical and Neotropical.
- Marine, mainly in cold waters of Antarctic and subantarctic.
- 6 genera, 17 species, 26 taxa.
- 10 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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List of species:
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- 138 2 67 69 8 1 King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)
- 7 4 3 8 2 Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)
- 122 3 57 62 6 3 Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)
- 39 10 29 8 4 Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)
- 48 15 33 8 5 Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)
- 11 9 2 4 6 Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)
- 11 8 3 4 7 Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus)
- 2 1 1 3 8 Erect-crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri)
- 136 3 56 77 4 9 Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)
- 7 5 2 4 10 Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)
- 27 1 15 11 4 11 Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)
- 27 16 11 3 12 Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)
- 22 1 13 8 8 13 Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
- 55 32 23 4 14 Jackass Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)
- 42 31 11 4 15 Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)
- 81 2 36 43 6 16 Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)
- 11 1 5 5 3 17 Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)
Family statistics
6 genera, 17 species
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| 6 genera | (100%) |
| 17 species | (100%) |
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