Species

There are 16 species of penguins I’am going to tell you about, like the Little penguins, Royal penguin, Macaroni penguin, Rock hopper penguin, emperor penguin and the King penguin.
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The Galápagos Penguin grow to between 48-53 cm tall and they eat fish for there diet.

  

The Humboldt Penguin are medium-sized penguins, growing to 65-70 cm (26-28 in) tall and a weight of 10.4 lbs. There diet is fish.

 
The Chinstrap Penguin can grow to 27 in. The average adult weight of a Chinstrap Penguin is 10 lbs. Their diet consists of krill and fish.  
Magellanic Penguins grow to 70-76 cm (28-30 in) tall and a weight of 5.2 (11.5 lbs). They feed on cuttlefish, sardines, squid, krill, and other crustaceans.  
The Adélie Penguin are about 30 to 50 cm in length and 4.5 kg (10 lbs) in weight. They feed mainly on Antarctic krill , Antarctic silverfish and glacier squid.  
The African Penguins grow to 68-70 cm (26.7-27.5 in) tall and weigh between 2 and 5 kilograms (4.4 and 11 lb).Their diet includes small fish such as pilchards, sardines and anchovies.  

The Snares Penguin it is 55 cm (22 in) and a weight of 3.4 kg (7.6 lbs).Snares eat krill, squid and fish.

 

The Royal Penguin is about 28 in tall and weighs 13.2 lbs. They feed on krill, fish, and small amounts of squid.

  
Macaroni Penguin, Hannah Point, Livingston Island: 62°39'S, 60°36'W, Antarctic Peninsula

The Southern Rockhopper Penguin is 22 in tall and weight is 7.4 lbs. It feeds on krill, squid, octopus, fish, mollusc , plankton, cuttlefish, and crustaceans .

  
The King Penguin is the second largest species of penguins at about 90 cm (3 ft) tall and weighing 11 to 16 kg (24 to 35 lb), second only to the Emperor penguin. King penguins eat small fish, mainly lantern fish, and squid and rely less on krill and crustaceans  

The Fiordland Crested Penguin they are approximately 60 cm (24 in) tall and weighing about 3.7 kg (8.2 lbs) It feeds on krill, fish, octopus and squid.

  

The Macaroni Penguin average about 5 kg (11 lbs) in weight and average 50-70 cm (20-28 in) in height. They eat squid, krill and other crustaceans

 

The Gentoo Penguin . Adult Gentoos reach a height of 75 to 90 cm (30-36 in)Males have a maximum weight of about 8.5 kg (18.8 lbs) for females the maximum weight is 7.5 kg (16.6 lbs) Gentoos live mainly on. krill ,fish , crustaceans

 
The Little Penguin grows to 43 centimeters (16 in) tall and weighing about one kilogram (2.2 pounds).. They feed by hunting fish,squid, and other small sea animals  

The Yellow-eyed Penguins average height is 75 cm (30 in) tall and weighing about 6.3 kg (14 lbs).. It feeds mainly on blue cod, red cod,opal fish and squid.

 

The Emperor Penguins eat krill, fish and squid and typically live for 20 years.Also the adult Emperor Penguin stands up to about 120 cm tall

 
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