Penguins

Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species, the Galapagos penguin, found north of the equator. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have evolved into flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. They spend about half of their lives on land and half in the oceans.

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Penguins Are Awesome

February 27, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Leroy Dickson

Penguins Are Awesome 10 Fun Facts About Penguins for Kids and children 101 All About Penguins for Kids Penguins of the World for Children Visit us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnimalFactsUS Visit …

Penguins 101: Magellanic Penguin 10 Fun Facts for Kids #penguin - Animal Facts

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Magellanic Penguins 101 Facts

February 22, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

Life’s really is a beach for the Magellanic Penguin. It is a mid-sized black and white banded penguin that foregoes the frigid temps that we typically associate with penguins, for a toastier climate. It calls the coast of South America and the Falkland Islands home, and is closely related to the Galapagos, African and Humboldt penguins.

Penguins 101: Macaroni Penguins for Kids 10 Fun Facts - Animal Facts

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Macaroni Penguin Facts Penguins 101

February 12, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

Macaroni Penguins have it…and they flaunt it. They are blessed with several flashy features that make them stand out amongst other species of penguins. These features include a bright yellow-orange crest that resembles a pair of bushy eyebrows, red eyes, a thick dark orange beak with a fleshy patch of pink skin on each side and large pink feet. But don’t let their good looks fool you when it comes to defending their territory, Macaroni males are very aggressive and won’t shy away from a fight.

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Penguins 101: Royal Penguins 10 Fun Facts

February 9, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

Not to be confused with the similarly named King or Emporer penguins, which are of a different genus, the Royal Penguin is a crested penguin of the genus Eudyptes that inhabits the sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and adjacent islands. Very closely related to the macaroni penguin, they have the sulphur-yellow crests of the other crested penguins.

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Penguins 101: Snares Crested Penguin 10 Fun Facts

February 8, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

Closely related to the Fiordland penguins, The Snares Penguin, also known as the Snares Crested Penguin and the Snares Islands Penguin, is a medium-sized, yellow-crested penguin from New Zealand. It breeds on The Snares, a group of islands off the southern coast of the South Island in New Zealand.

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Penguins 101: Fun Yellow-Eyed Hoiho Penguin Facts

February 7, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

The yellow-eyed penguin(Megadyptes antipodes) or hoiho is a penguin native to New Zealand because New Zealand has all the cool stuff. The hoiho even appears on the reverse side of the New Zealand five-dollar note. Yeah, way to rub it in New Zealand. Welcome to Animal Facts, today we discuss what may be the most ancient of all living penguins, the accurately named Yellow-eyed penguin.

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Penguins 101: King Penguin 10 Facts

February 6, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

The king penguin(Aptenodytes patagonicus) is the second largest penguin in the world, exceeded in size solely by its closest relative, the even more grandly named emperor penguin. One of the more colorful penguins, the king penguin has a striking, spoon-shaped patch of orange-gold on either side of the neck that fades into a paler orange upper chest. Think of it as the penguin equivalent of ‘bling’!

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Penguins 101: Humboldt Penguin 10 Fun Facts

February 3, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

The Humboldt Penguin(Spheniscus Humboldt) (also termed Chilean penguin, Peruvian penguin, or patience) – a medium-sized, black and white penguin, that lives on the Pacific Coast of South America. Humboldt penguins share their name with the chilly Humboldt Current, which flows north from Antarctica along the Pacific Coast of South America, where the birds live. This is one of many ummm cool facts about a penguin with a proportionately large head.

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Penguins 101: Fiordland Crested Penguin Fun Facts

February 2, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

The timidest of the crested penguins, the Fiordland crested penguin, or simply Fiordland Penguin(Eudyptes pachyrhynchus), endemic to New Zealand, only has a world population of around 3,000 breeding pairs. Also known as the New Zealand crested penguin, tawaki, pokotiwha, New Zealand penguin, thick-billed penguin, and Victoria penguin, Little is known about the marine ecology this beautiful bird.

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Penguins 101: New Zealand Erect-Crested Penguin 10 Fun Facts

February 1, 2017February 1, 2020 - by Terri Jackson

Erect-crested penguins(Eudyptes sclateri) are perhaps some of the most mysterious of all penguin species. It’s one of the largest of the crested penguins and shares with the Fiordland and Snares penguins the distinctive feature of an upward-sweeping crest of long, yellow brush-like feathers above each eye, extending from the base of the bill to the top of the head. Unlike other crested penguins, however, the erect-crested penguin is able to raise and lower these stiff crest feathers.