Penguin Species Info

Common name	Scientific name	Range		Population
Genus Aptenodytes				(breeding pairs)
King	Aptenodytes patagonicus	Subantarctic and Antarctic islands between 46° and 55° south.		1,100,000
Emperor	Aptenodytes forsteri	Antarctic pack-ice zone		400,000
Genus Pygoscelis
Gentoo	Pygoscelis papua	Subantarctic islands and the Antarctic Peninsula		600,000
Adelie	Pygoscelis adeliae	Antactic continent and islands		5,000,000
Chinstrap	Pygoscelis antarctica	Antarctic peninsula and subantarctic islands		7,500,000
Genus Eudyptes
Rockhopper	Eudyptes chrysocome	Subantarctic islands		100,000
(Southern)		Subantarctic islands south of Antarctic Polar front.
(Northern)		Subantarctic islands north of Antarctic Polar front.
Fiordland crested	Eudyptes pachyrynchus	Fiordland and Stewart Island coasts of New Zealand		5,000
Snares crested	Eudyptes robustus	Snares Islands, New Zealand		30,000
Erect-crested	Eudyptes sclateri	New Zealand subantarcic islands		150,000
Macaroni	Eudyptes chrysolophus	Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctic and Subantarctic islands		11,800,000
Royal	Eudyptes schlegeli	Macquarie Island, south of Australia		850,000
Genus Megadyptes
Yellow-eyed	Megadyptes antipodes	South-east coast of New Zealand, Campbell and Auckland Islands		5,000
Genus Eudyptula
Blue (little)	Eudyptula minor	New Zealand and Southern Australia		500,000
(White-flippered)	Eudyptula minor albosignata	Banks Peninsula and Motunau Island, New Zealand
Genus Spheniscus
Magellanic	Spheniscus magellanicus	Southern Argentina and Chile, Falkland Islands		750,000
African	Spheniscus demersus	South-east coast of South Africa and Namibia		50,000
Humbolt	Spheniscus humboltdi	Peru and Chile		30,000
Galapagos	Spheniscus mendiculus	Galapagos Islands, Equador		3,000