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Antarctic Penguins. Adelie Penguin Pygoscelis adeliae. Height: 70cm (27.5inches) Weight: 5kg (11lb) Breeding Season: November – February Distribution: Antarctic continent and sub-Antarctic islands. The second most southerly breeding penguin species.
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Adelie PenguinPygoscelis adeliae Height: 70cm (27.5inches)Weight: 5kg (11lb) Breeding Season:November – February Distribution:Antarctic continent and sub-Antarctic islands. The second most southerly breeding penguin species. Estimated population:2.5 million breeding pairs
Chinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarctica Height: 68cm (27 inches)Weight: 4.5kg (10lb) Breeding Season:December – March Distribution:Sub Antarctic and Antarctic islands, Antarctic Peninsula Estimated population:5 million breeding pairs
Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri Height: 1.15m (3.8ft)Weight: 30kg (66lb) Breeding Season:April – December Distribution:Continental Antarctica on the sea-ice, the most southerly of all species of penguins Estimated population:200,000 breeding pairs
Gentoo penguinPygoscelis papua Height: 71cm (28 inches)Weight: 5.5 kg (12 lb) Breeding Season:December – March Distribution:Falkland islands and south to the sub-Antarctic islands, the most northerly of the 4 Antarctic species Estimated population:320,000 breeding pairs
King PenguinAptenodytes patagonica Height: 95cm (3.1 ft)Weight: 15kg (33lb) Breeding Season:Starts in November or January, complex breeding system, early or late breeders - raise 2 chicks every 3 years Distribution:Sub-Antarctic islands 46° to 55° South Biggest colony is on South Georgia Estimated population:2 to 3.2 million breeding pairs
Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus Height: 68cm (27 inches) Weight: 4.5kg (10lb) Breeding Season:December - March Distribution:Sub-Antarctic islands especially Heard island and South Georgia Estimated population:9 million breeding pairsMany populations are in decline
Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes crestatus Height: 55cm (21.6 inches) Weight: 2.5kg (5.5lb) Breeding Season:December – March Distribution:Falkland islands and sub-Antarctic islands north of the Antarctic convergence Estimated population:1.8 million breeding pairsMany populations are in decline, 40% up to 94% for certain colonies