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About Penguin
Penguins are a group of flightless semi-aquatic sea birds which live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Only one species, the Galapagos penguin, lives at, and slightly north of, the equator. Highly adapted for life in the ocean water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch with their bills and swallow whole while swimming. A penguin has a spiny tongue and powerful jaws to grip slippery prey.
Penguin facts & figures
Quick facts
- Scientific name
- Aptenodytes forsteri
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Habitat
- Coasts & Southern oceans
- A group is called
- Colony
Conservation status
Source: IUCN Red List via GBIF
Classification
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Chordata
- Class Aves
- Order Sphenisciformes
- Family Spheniscidae
- Genus Aptenodytes
- Species Aptenodytes forsteri
Source: GBIF
Specs
Typical adult range
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