2007-04-11 04:42:33 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
There are 17 species...
African penguins
Chinstrap penguins
Emperor penguins
Erect-crested penguins
Fiordland penguins
Galapagos penguins
Gentoo penguins
Humboldt penguins
King penguins
Little (Blue) penguins AKA Adelie penguin
Macaroni penguins
Magellanic penguins
Rockhopper penguins
Royal penguins
Snares penguins
Yellow-eyed penguins
The Adelie [little blue penguin] and Emperor Penguin live on ice, but they don't have to.
2007-04-11 05:28:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The Adelie penguin, pygoscelis adeliae is not only a different species but a different genus from the Little penguin, eudyptula minor. Adelies breed only in Antarctica but not on the ice. They make their nests of small pebbles on exposed rock surfaces. The only penguin to breed on the ice is the Emperor. Little penguins, also called little blue penguins and fairy penguins, are the smallest of the penguins and breed in burrows in Australia and New Zealand.
Royal penguins differ from macaroni penguins by having white rather than black faces. Royals breed only on Macquarie Island. Their status has changed over the years, they have been considerd to be separate species, eudyptes schlegeli and e chrysolophus; separate subspecies e chrysolophus shlegeli and e c chrysolophus. Now they are considered to be the same species as white faced birds are found with predominantly black faced birds and vice versa.
2007-04-11 10:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by tentofield 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Currently there are 17 species of penguin recognized (an 18th is being considered).
Two are known to live exclusively in the Antarctic: The Emperor and the Adelie penguins
2007-04-11 04:57:29 · answer #3 · answered by icehoundxx 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I doesn't know
2007-04-11 04:54:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋