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Humboldt
Humboldt penguin have a streamlined, torpedo-shaped body covered with short,
waterproof, black-and-white feathers, giving them the classic tuxedoed look.
They have stiff, narrow flippers, bare face and feet and eyebrow and chest
stripes. They are capable of jumping up to almost their full
height.
King
The King penguin is the second largest penguin and looks somewhat like
the Emperor penguin. They are about 3 feet tall and weigh up to 35 pounds.
King penguins mainly eat fish and some squid and crustaceans. They are
found on many sub-Antarctic islands including Crozet, Prince Edward,
Kerguelen, South Georgia and Mazquarie Islands.
Macaroni
“Macaroni” used to be a hairstyle in England. (didn’t
you ever wonder why Yankee Doodle called the feather in his cap,
“Macaroni”? Now you know!) The Macaroni penguins were so
named because the yellow and black feathers sticking out of the side
of their heads looked like the English hairstyle.
Magellanic
Magellanic penguins were named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan
who first saw them in 1519 on his first voyage around the tip of South
America. They are the largest of the warm weather penguins. They live
on the coast of the Argentina, Chile and the Falkland
Islands.
Rockhopper
Similar to the Macaroni penguins, the Rockhopper penguins have decorative
feather tufts on their heads — theirs are yellow in color. Their most
unusual trait is their ability to hop from rock to rock to their nesting places.
They keep both feet together when hopping. Using this method, they are able
to hop up to four or five feet!
Royal
The only place in the world that royal penguins breed is Macquarie
Island. Royal penguins live in very large colonies.
Snares Island
A typical member of the creasted penguin group. The pale-yellow crest
starts at the base of the base of the bill, sweeps over the eye and
falres out slightly as it droops down the back of the head. The bill
is robust, especially in males.
Yellowed-eyed
The yellow-eyed penguins have a band of yellow feathers going from the
bill, circling the eyes and up around the head. The yellow-eyed penguin
lives on the coast of New Zealond. It is the rarest of all penguins due
to the deforestation of the New Zealand coastline and the introduction
of new predatory species to the island. There are only an estimated
1,500 breeding pairs of yellow-eyed penguins.
Some scientists recognize an 18th species: the white-flippered variety
of fairy penguin, Eudyptula albosignata.
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