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What are the varieties of penguins and what are the common varieties?

Jane Margolis
2020-09-16 22:06:24
Any of the birds of the family Spheniscidae, including 6 genera and 18 species. The first is king penguin, including king penguin and emperor penguin. The second is the Adelie penguin, including three species of Adelie penguins. The third is the crown penguin genus, including seven species such as the South Rockhopper penguin and the North Rockhopper penguin. The fourth is Huangyan penguin, only Huangyan penguin. The fifth is the little blue penguin, only the little blue penguin. Finally, the ring penguin genus, including spotted mouth ring penguins, Magellanic penguins and other four species.
What are the varieties of penguins and what are the common varieties?

1. What are the varieties of penguins

Penguin is a species mainly distributed in the southern hemisphere, which refers to all animals in the bird class and penguin family. From the specific classification, there are 6 genera, including 18 species. Some genera include more than one species, while others have only one species.

The first genus is King Penguin, including King Penguin and Emperor Penguin. The second genus is Adelie penguin, including Gentoo penguin, Adelie penguin and Chinstrap penguin. The third genus is the crested penguin genus, including seven species, such as South Rockhopper penguin, North Rockhopper penguin, yellow-browed penguin and crested penguin. The fourth genus is Huangyan penguin, including a species of Huangyan penguin. The fifth genus is the little blue penguin, which includes a species of little blue penguin. The last genus is the ring penguin genus, including spotted mouth ring penguins, Magellanic penguins, Humboldt penguins, Canadian island ring penguins four species. Although there are 18 species of penguins, not all of them are very common.

2. What are the common varieties of penguins

1. King penguins: This species is relatively large, with a height of nearly 1 meter and a weight of about 15 kilograms. They have an orange part of the neck, and the area extending downward and backward is relatively large.

2. Emperor penguins: This species is the largest in size among penguins. They can even weigh more than 50 kilograms and reach 1.2 meters in height.

3, Adelie penguins: This species is relatively small, more than 70 centimeters in height. Compared with other penguins, this penguin is more aggressive. They like collective activities, often dozens or even hundreds of them gathered together.

4, Chinstrap penguins: This penguin's appearance is also relatively easy to identify, because their neck is a very obvious black stripes, like a hat band, which is also the reason for their name.

5. Little Blue Penguin: This species has blue feathers and is very small, hence the name. They are only more than 40 centimeters tall, and they are the smallest penguins.

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