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The African penguin is a species of penguin confined to the southern African waters of South Africa and Namibia. As the only penguin species breeding in Africa, it is uniquely adapted to temperate climates rather than the freezing environments typical of other penguins. Recognizable by its black-and...
The Galápagos penguin is a small penguin species endemic to Ecuador's Galápagos Islands. It is the only penguin species whose natural range extends into the Northern Hemisphere, although most individuals occur south of the equator, particularly around Isabela and Fernandina. Its tropical distributio...
The Magellanic penguin is a banded penguin of the genus Spheniscus, native to the coasts of southern South America. It breeds mainly in Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands, then travels north along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts outside the breeding season. Named after Ferdinand Magellan, th...
The Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) is a medium-sized penguin of the Pacific coasts of Peru and Chile. It feeds in the cold, nutrient-rich waters associated with the Humboldt Current and breeds in coastal colonies, including on islands and rocky shores. The species is listed as Vulnerable an...
Spheniscus urbinai is an extinct species of penguin from the Pisco Formation on the south-central coast of Peru. It lived during the late Miocene and early Pliocene and is known from skulls and postcranial bones, including partially articulated material. The species belongs to Spheniscus, the genus...
Spheniscus chilensis is an extinct banded penguin known from Late Pliocene marine deposits on the Mejillones Peninsula near Antofagasta in northern Chile. The species was described from disarticulated bones, including a complete left humerus, recovered at the Cuenca del Tiburón locality in the Calet...
Spheniscus muizoni is an extinct banded penguin from the latest middle to earliest late Miocene of Peru. It is known from a partial postcranial skeleton and associated bones found at Cerro la Bruja in the Pisco Formation, and its anatomy places it within Spheniscus, the genus that includes several l...
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