![]() Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch while swimming underwater. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage and flippers for swimming. They live almost exclusively in the southern hemisphere: only one species, the Galápagos penguin, is found north of the Equator. Penguins ( order Sphenisciformes / s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ɪ f ɔːr m iː z/, family Spheniscidae / s f ɪ ˈ n ɪ s ɪ d iː/) are a group of aquatic flightless birds. Penguin species of different genera from top-left, clockwise: Emperor penguin ( Aptenodytes forsteri), snares penguin ( Eudyptes robustus), little penguin ( Eudyptula minor), yellow-eyed penguin ( Megadyptes antipodes), gentoo penguin ( Pygoscelis papua), African penguin ( Spheniscus demersus)īreeding range of penguins, all species (aqua) some species have wider seasonal migration ranges Possible Cretaceous origin according to molecular data
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