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Of the 17 known species of penguins, only two of them actually breed on Antarctica.

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What penguins are found in Antarctica?

there are 4 different species of penguins in Antarctica. adelie, emperor, chinstrap and gentoo penguins


What is the most common species in Antarctica?

Adelie penguins are the most common species in Antarctica.


How many penguin species are there in antarctica?

Of the 17 known species of penguins, only two of them actually breed on Antarctica. For more information, see the related link.


How many species of penguins are there in the world?

There are 18 species of penguins in the world. These species are found primarily in the Southern Hemisphere, with varying distributions across Antarctica, South America, Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.


How many penguins are there on Antarctica?

The exact popluation of the penguins of Antarctica would be very hard to find. But surprisingly, only about two of seventeen species of penguins live there. They are the Adelie and Gentoo penguins, so, on the movie Happyfeet, they are inadequently wrong by showing the Rockhopper in the same environment as the others. Most species of penguins live in South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand.


What species of penguins are native of Antarctica?

There are really only two species of penguins that breed in Antarctica: the Emperor and Adelie.


How many penguins live in the antarctica?

No penguins live in Antarctica. Penguins are sea birds that visit Antarctica's beaches during breeding season.


Are there only 4 species of penguins that live in Antarctica?

No. All penguins are sea birds and they make their homes in sea water where they can find food. Four types of penguins do, however, breed on Antarctica's beaches for a few weeks each year: Emperor, Adelie, Gentoo and Chinstrap.


What endangered penguins live on Antarctica?

First, penguins are sea birds, not land birds: they are aqua-dynamic, not aero-dynamic. Some penguins breed on Antarctica's beaches. Second, no penguin is listed on an endangered species list.


What type of penguin live in antarctica?

Of the 21 known species four live in Antarctica: The Adelie, the Macaroni, the Chinstrap and the Emperor.


Which 4 species of penguins breed on the Antarctica continent itself?

I don't know. Sorry


What types of plants do penguins eat?

Most penguin species are found in Antarctica where no trees grow.