- There are 17 types of penguins that live in various parts of the world. They range greatly in size, from the smallest little blue penguin weighing 1.2 kg to the extinct giant penguin weighing as much as an adult human. - Penguins nest in different ways depending on the species, such as in colonies on the open ground, underground burrows, under bushes or rocks, or in forest areas. - All penguins mainly eat fish and squid, though some also consume krill depending on their location and environment.

1. By Molly

2. O There are 17 types of penguins

3. O Their homes are melting down

4. O this is where penguins live

5. O The male and female are similar in plumage
and size
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O Size: 36.7 kg (m), 28.4kg (f)
Nest type: breed on sea ice in winter,
egg carried on feet
Favourite food: fish and squid
O The Emperor Penguin is a bird of extremes in just
about every way. It breeds during the Antarctic winter
and exhibits many adaptations to the extreme cold
that these birds experience when breeding.

6. O Size: 5.7 kg (m), 5.4kg (f)
Nest type: under dense vegetation
Favourite food: fish and squid
O The Yellow-eyed Penguin is often referred to
as the rarest penguin in the world, although,
unfortunately, there are others that could lay
claim to that crown too: especially the
Galapagos and Fiordland Penguins

7. O Size: 1.2 kg (m), 1.0 kg (f)
Nest type: burrow, cave or under bushes
Favourite food: small fish
O The world’s smallest penguin
(also known as Little Blue, Blue and
Fairy Penguin).

8. O Size: 5.0 kg (m), 4.8 kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open
Favourite food: krill
O This delicately coloured bird is
arguably the most beautiful of
penguins. In contrast to other adult
penguins, apart from Royal Penguins,
this species has a white face. This is
separated from the white belly by a
thin dark line running under the
lower part of the chin - therefore the
name.

9. O Size: 2.5 kg (m), 2.4 kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open; sometimes
in association with other species
Favourite food: krill, fish and squid
O Breeding in sometimes-large colonies throughout the sub-
Antarctic. Smaller than its congeners, but no less aggressive.
There is some evidence that the Northern Rockhopper or
Moseley’s Penguin is deserving of separate species status.
Whatever, the Northern Rockhopper and Southern Rockhopper
are clearly closely related and much of what applies to one
probably holds for the other, but actual data are still scarce.

10. O Size: 4.9 kg (m), 4.5 kg (f)
Nest type: burrow or cave
Favourite food: small fish
O Endemic to the cold nutrient-rich waters of
the Peru Current, the Humboldt Penguin
breeds in a hot Mediterranean to desert
climate. Populations fluctuate under the
influence of El Niño events, which can cause
significant breeding failure and adult
starvation.

11. O Size: 5.6 kg (m), 5.1 kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open
Favourite food: krill and fish
O This is the most northern penguin of this
genus and, in many other respects, the odd
one out. In contrast to Chinstrap and Adelie
Penguins, some Gentoo Penguins can be
found around their breeding colonies all year
round and they forage much closer inshore
than the other two Pygoscelis specie

12. O Size: 16.0 kg (m), 14.3 kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open, have
territories but no nest
Favourite food: fish, some squid
O No other bird has a longer breeding cycle than
King Penguins. They take 14 to 16 months to
fledge a single chick. During the winter, chicks
may be left to fast for from one to five months
(May to September/October). Adults can rear a
maximum of only two chicks every three years.

13. O Size: 5.4 kg (m), 4.7 kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open, use stones to
line nest
Favourite food: krill
O No penguin, indeed no other bird, breeds further
south than Adelie Penguins. Adelie Penguins show a
number of specialised adaptations to the cold often
encountered by this species that restrict heat loss.

14. O Size: 3.3 kg (m), 2.8 kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open or under
forest canopy
Favourite food: krill, squid and fish
O Similar in many respects to Fiordland Penguin
but endemic to the Snares Islands, which are about
100 km south of the nearest Fiordland Penguin
breeding sites. With its breeding range confined to
the just over 300 ha of the Snares group, it has the
most restricted distribution of all penguins.

15. O Size: 3.3 kg (m), 3.0 kg (f)
Nest type: burrow or under bushes/rocks
Favourite food: small fish
O This is the only penguin breeding in Africa and
was probably the first penguin encountered by
Europeans. Numbers declined significantly during
the Twentieth Century and their future has been
jeopardized recently by major oil spills.

16. O Size: 4.9 kg (m), 4.6 kg (f)
Nest type: burrow or under bushes
Favourite food: small fish
O Similar to African Penguin (to which it is very
closely related), but breeding on the opposite side
of the Atlantic. It is also the only migratory,
offshore-foraging species in this genus.

17. O Size: 5.2 kg (m), 5.1 kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open; nest on
rocks with little to no nesting material to line
nests
Favourite food: krill and squid
O A little-known rather bizarre bird with a limited
breeding distribution in a very isolated part the
world.

18. O Size: 4.1 kg (m), 3.7 kg (f)
Nest type: in forest under vegetation or rocks; in
caves
Favourite food: fish and squid
O The Fiordland Penguin lives in the temperate
rainforest of the southwest coast of the South Island and
Stewart Island, New Zealand, where it is endemic.

19. O Size: 2.1 kg (m), 1.7 kg (f)
Nest type: burrow or crevices in lava
Favourite food: small fish
O The northernmost of all penguins, Galapagos
Penguins breed right on the equator. Populations
fluctuate heavily under the influence of El Niño to a
degree that the future survival of the species is
endangered.

20. O Size: 5.2 kg (m), 5.3kg (f)
Nest type: in colonies in the open
Favourite food: krill
O This is probably the most abundant of all
penguins in terms of total numbers. Brood
reduction is taken to an extreme by this
species. The Royal Penguin (Eudyptes
chrysolophus schlegeli), a white-faced variant, is
treated as a subspecies of Macaroni Penguin
here, but others accord the Royal penguin full
species status

21. O This penguin is extinct BUT!!! It was
bigger than me.
O The New Zealand Giant Penguins, Palaeeudyptinae,
are an extinct subfamily of penguins. It includes several
genera of medium-sized to very large species - including
Palaeeudyptes marplesi, the 1.5 meter tall Icadyptes
salasi, and Anthropornis nordenskjoeldi which grew 1.5
meters (4 ft 11.1 in) tall or even larger, and the massive
Pachydyptes ponderosus which weighed at least as
much as an adult human male.