How many breeds of penguins are there?

Answer 1

Penguins are all from the order Sphenisciformes and family Spheniscidae. There are believed to be 17 species of penguin. They include:

• Adelie
• Emperor
• Fairy (also known as Little or Little Blue)
• Chinstrap
• Gentoo
• Yellow-eyed
• African
• Galapagos
• Rockhopper
• Macaroni
• Fjordland
• Magellanic
• Humboldt
• Erect-crested
• Snares
• King
• Royal

Emperor.

Answer 2

There is some debate as to whether there are 20, or 17 species of penguin, or sphenisciforms.

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Aves

Order: Sphenisciformes

Family: Spheniscidae

Genera: Aptenodytes, Eudyptes, Eudyptula, Megadyptes, Pygoscelis, Spheniscus

A list of all breeds (including contested breeds, some of which may be mere color morphs or sub-breeds) organized by genus, then alphabetically:

Subfamily Spheniscinae - Modern penguins (20 species - some provisional or disputed)

• Aptenodytes - Great penguins

◦ King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus

◦ Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri

• Pygoscelis - Brush-tailed penguins

◦ Adélie Penguin, Pygoscelis adeliae

◦ Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis Antarctica

◦ Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua

• Eudyptula - Little penguins

◦ Little Blue Penguin, Eudyptula minor

◦ Northern Little Penguin, Eudyptula albosignata (provisional)

• Spheniscus - Banded penguins

◦ Magellanic Penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus

◦ Humboldt Penguin, Spheniscus humboldti

◦ Galapagos Penguin, Spheniscus mendiculus

◦ African Penguin,Megadyptes

◦ Yellow-eyed Penguin, Megadyptes antipodes

◦ Waitaha Penguin, Megadyptes waitaha (extinct)

• Eudyptes - Crested penguins

◦ Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrynchus

◦ Snares Penguin, Eudyptes robustus

◦ Erect-crested Penguin, Eudyptes sclateri

◦ Western Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome

◦ Eastern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes filholi

◦ Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi

◦ Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schlegeli (disputed)

◦ Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus

◦ Chatham Islands Penguin, Eudyptes sp. (extinct)

Alphabetic list of all breeds:

Adélie

African or Black footed

Chinstrap

Emperor

Erect-crested

Fiordland Crested

Galapagos

Gentoo

Humboldt

King

Little Blue, or Fairy

Macaroni

Magellanic

Rockhopper, Eastern

Rockhopper, Northern

Rockhopper, Western

Royal (disputed: color morph of Macaroni?)

Snares Island

White Flippered or Northern Little (provisional: sub-breed of Little Blue?)

Yellow-eyed

Answer 3

there are 17 different types of penguins.

Answer 4

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