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How many kinds of penguins are there and what are the common ones?

Gustavo 'Gus' Fring
2020-09-16 22:22:11
The extant penguin altogether has 18 kinds, respectively is the Magellanic penguin, the spot-billed ring penguin, the Canadian island ring penguin, Humboldt penguins, northern rockhopper penguins, southern rockhopper penguins, crested penguins and island yellow-browed penguins and white-cheeked yellow-browed Penguin, Yellow Browed Penguin, Mark Nile Penguin, Little Blue Penguin, yellow-eyed Penguin, King Penguin, Emperor Penguin, Chinstrap Penguin, Adelie Penguin and Gentoo Penguin. Among them, King penguin, Gentoo penguin and South Rockhopper penguin each have two subspecies. There are six subspecies of little blue penguin.
How many kinds of penguins are there and what are the common ones?

1. How many species of penguins

Penguins refer to birds and penguins, including 6 genera and 18 species. The more common penguins, such as the king penguin genus, include two kinds of king penguins and king penguins. There are also ring penguins, which include spotted bill penguins, Humboldt penguins, Magellanic penguins and Canadian island ring penguins. And the crested penguin genus, which includes yellow-browed penguins, crested penguins and so on. There are also small blue penguins, such as small blue penguins. These penguins live in the southern hemisphere, especially in the polar regions of high latitudes, where many penguins are distributed.

2. What are the common types of penguins

1. Emperor penguins: This species of penguin is the largest of all penguins. Their height can generally reach more than 1 meter, and their weight can reach 50 kilograms. Their whole body color is more coordinated, the feathers behind the ears are bright yellow, the neck feathers are yellow, but relatively light; The abdomen is milky white; The back is black.

2. King penguin: This species of penguin is relatively large, with a height of more than 1 meter and a weight of 15-16 kilograms. From the appearance point of view, their most obvious feature is that there is a very obvious patch on the neck, which is orange. The feathers on their body surface are very dense, narrow and evenly distributed; The tail feathers are relatively short.

3, Magellanic penguin: In the ring penguin genus, this species is the largest number of a group. They are about 70 centimeters tall and weigh about 4 kilograms. Their head is black, but there is a broad white band that runs from behind their eyes to their neck.

4, small blue penguins: This species in the penguins is a relatively small one, their height is only more than 40 centimeters, weight is only more than 1 kg. Their feathers are blue, hence the name. They are mainly distributed in the southern part of Australia and New Zealand. At present, the number of little blue penguins is still relatively large.

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