So you meet some penguin lovers who nearly off by heart told me the 17 types of Penguins. Penguins only live in the Southern Hemisphere. (and polar bears are only Northern hemisphere).
Dedicated to Christine & Neil. (You know who you are) Bet you did’t know where they are found 🙂
1. Adelei – Antartica, South Orkney Islands, Bouvetoya
2.African – Nambia & South Africa
3.Chinstrap – Antartica, South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, Bouvetoya, South Sandwich Islands
4.Emperor – Antartica
5.Erect-Crested – Campbell & Auckland Islands, Antipodes & Bounty Islands
6.Fiordland (Crested) – (Tawaki) Fiordland – South-west coast of the South Island, New Zealand
7.Galapagos – Galapagos Islands – Closest Penguin to the Northern hemisphere – Equator
8.Gentoo – Antartica, Faukland Islands, Macquarie & Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, Prince Edward Islands, Heard & McDonald Islands, South Georgia, South Orkney Islands, South Sandwich Islands
9.Humboldt – Northern Chile & Peru
10.King – Faukland Islands, Macquarie & Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, Prince Edward Islands, Heard & McDonald Islands, South Georgia
11.Little (Blue) – New Zealand (Korora) & Australia (fairy)
12.Macaroni – Antartica, Falkland Islands, Bouvetoya, Southern Chile & Argentina, Crozet Islands, Prince Edward, Heard & McDonald Islands, South Georgia
13.Magellanic – Falkland Islands, Southern Chile & Argentina
14.Rockhopper (Eastern) – Marion, Campbell & Auckland Islands, Antipodes & Bounty Islands, Macquarie & Kerguelen Islands, Crozet Islands, Prince Edward Islands, Heard & MacDonald Islands
14. Rockhopper (Southern) – Falkland Islands, Chile & Argentina
14. Rockhopper (Northern) – Tristan de Cunha, Gough, St Paul & Amsterdam Islands
15.Royal – Macquarie Island
16.Snares – Southern New Zealand & mainly Snares Island south of New Zealand.
17.Yellow Eyed – (Hoiho) Southern New Zealand, Enderby, Campbell & Auckland Islands
Plus
White Flipper – A sub-species of the Little Blue – is restricted to Banks Peninsula, Motunau Island & the North Canterbury coast
reference for the 17 species – google World Penguins (map)