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Penguins have 17th Species

This is the list for 17th types of Penguins

17 Species of Penguins

• Adelie
• African
• Chinstrap
• Emperor
• Erect Crested
• Fairy
• Fjordland Crested
• Galapagos
• Gentoo
• Humboldt
• King
• Macaroni
• Magellanic
• Rockhopper
• Royal
• Snares Island
• Yellow Eyed
  
  
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Penguin's History

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have counter shaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have become flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sea life caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans.

Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin live so far south. Several species are found in the temperate zone, and one species, the Galápagos Penguin, lives near the equator.

The largest living species is the Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri): adults average about 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) tall and weigh 35 kg (75 lb) or more. The smallest penguin species is the Little Blue Penguin (Eudyptula minor), also known as the Fairy Penguin, which stands around 40 cm tall (16 in) and weighs 1 kg (2.2 lb). Among extant penguins, larger penguins inhabit colder regions, while smaller penguins are generally found in temperate or even tropical climates (see also Bergmann's Rule). Some prehistoric species attained enormous sizes, becoming as tall or as heavy as an adult human. These were not restricted to Antarctic regions; on the contrary, subantarctic regions harboured high diversity, and at least one giant penguin occurred in a region not quite 2,000 km south of the equator 35 mya, in a climate decidedly warmer than today.

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Latin name: Aptenodytes forsteri

Population: at least 500,000

Conservation Status: Least Concern (IUCN, 2009)

Where found: Emperor penguins live in 40 known colonies south of latitude 65°, and there are three regional populations, in East Antarctica, the Ross Sea, and the Weddell Sea area. They spend their lives on the open ice—and even breed during the harsh winter.

Length: 1 – 1.3 m

Weight: 20 to 41 kg

Mating/Breeding: Emperor penguins travel to colonial nesting areas in March or early April, when pair formation and breeding occurs. In May or early June a single, large (460 to 470 g) egg is laid and is passed to the male parent for incubation. Females then return to their foraging areas until the end of incubation. All egg laying and hatching is highly synchronous in colonies. When female penguins return to the breeding site, they bring a belly full of food that they regurgitate for the newly hatched chicks. Meanwhile, their duty done, male emperors take to the sea in search of food for themselves.

Mothers care for their young chicks and protect them with the warmth of their own brood pouches. In December, Antarctic summer, the pack ice begins to break up and open water appears near the breeding site, just as young emperor penguins are ready to swim and fish on their own.

Hunting Habits: Emperor penguins search for their food in the open water of the Southern Ocean or in ice-free polynyas (an area of open water) and tidal cracks in pack ice. They have been recorded diving to depths of 400 to 450 meters and travelling 150 to 1000 km in a single foraging trip.

Feed on: The Emperor penguin feeds primarily on shoaling fish, small crustaceans and squid.

Threats: They are not globally threatened. Antarctic giant petrels and skuas are the primary predators of chicks in colonies, taking from 7 to 34% of young. Leopard seals take young when they enter the sea after moulting and adults. Adults are also taken by killer whales.

Colour/Looks: The Emperor Penguin is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species. The dorsal side and head are black and sharply delineated from the white belly, pale-yellow breast and bright-yellow ear patches. Like all penguins it is flightless, with a streamlined body, and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat.

Interesting Trivia:

• Emperor penguins are excellent swimmers, reaching speeds up to 3.4 meters per second. Emperors have been recorded diving for as long as 18 minutes to depths of more than 400 meters. On most dives, they spend 2.5 to 9 minutes holding their breath under water.
• Their bodies are designed to withstand temperatures of -10°C (14°F) before it must use body energy to keep warm.
• Emperor penguins walk slowly and do not hop. The maximum walking speed for emperors is 2.8 kph (1.7 mph). Emperor penguins are also known to toboggan - sliding across ice on their bellies.
• Its specific name (Aptenodytes forsteri) is in honour of the German naturalist Johann Reinhold Forster, who accompanied Captain James Cook on his second Pacific Voyage.
• Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the Antarctic explorer, said: "Take it all in all, I do not believe anybody on Earth has a worse time than an Emperor Penguin"
• The French documentary La Marche de l'Empereur (March of the Penguins) (2005) told the story of the penguins' reproductive cycle. The subject has been covered for the small screen twice by the BBC and presenter David Attenborough, first in episode five of the 1993 series on the Antarctic Life in the Freezer, and again in the 2006 series Planet Earth. The computer-animated movie Happy Feet (2006) features Emperor Penguins as its primary characters, with one in particular that loves to dance.

Types of Penguin's Species

The number of extant penguin species is debated. Depending on which authority is followed, penguin biodiversity varies between 17 and 20 living species, all in the subfamily Spheniscinae. Some sources consider the White-flippered Penguin a separate Eudyptula species, while others treat it as a subspecies of the Little Penguin; the actual situation seems to be more complicated. Similarly, it is still unclear whether the Royal Penguin is merely a color morph of the Macaroni penguin. The status of the Rockhopper penguins is also unclear.

Updated after Marples (1962), Acosta Hospitaleche (2004), and Ksepka et al. (2006).

Subfamily Spheniscinae – Modern penguins

• Aptenodytes – Great penguins
  • King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
  • Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri
• Pygoscelis – Brush-tailed penguins
  • Adélie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae
  • Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica
  • Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua
• Eudyptula – Little penguins
  • Little Blue Penguin, Eudyptula minor
  • White-flippered Penguin, Eudyptula albosignata (provisional)
• Spheniscus – Banded penguins
  • Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus
  • Humboldt Penguin, Spheniscus humboldti
  • Galapagos Penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus
  • African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus
• Megadyptes
  • Yellow-eyed Penguin, Megadyptes antipodes
  • Waitaha Penguin, Megadyptes waitaha (extinct)
• Eudyptes – Crested penguins
  • Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrynchus
  • Snares Penguin, Eudyptes robustus
  • Erect-crested Penguin, Eudyptes sclateri
  • Western Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome
  • Eastern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes filholi
  • Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi
  • Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli (disputed)
  • Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus
  • Chatham Islands Penguin, Eudyptes sp. (extinct)

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