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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (18 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - SPHENISCIFORMES   Adelie Penguin i    Spheniscidae    Pygoscelis adeliae  SO, AN Antarctic coasts and islands to edge of pack-ice  African Penguin (EN)  i    Spheniscidae    Spheniscus demersus  AF coastal s Namibia and s South Africa to c Namibia, se Africa  Chinstrap Penguin i    Spheniscidae    Pygoscelis antarcticus  SO, AN Antarctic Pen. and satellites; Balleny I. (e Antarctica) mostly s of Antarctic Convergence; to s South America, subantarctic is.  Emperor Penguin (NT)  i    Spheniscidae    Aptenodytes forsteri  AN Antarctic sea ice to edge of pack-ice  Erect-crested Penguin (EN)  i    Spheniscidae    Eudyptes sclateri  AU Bounty (e of Stewart I.) and Antipodes is. (se of Stewart I.; New Zealand) to waters of e South I. (New Zealand)  Fiordland Penguin (NT)  i U    Spheniscidae    Eudyptes pachyrhynchus  AU sw South, w, s Stewart, and satellites (New Zealand) to Tasman Sea and se Australian waters  Galapagos Penguin (EN)  i    Spheniscidae    Spheniscus mendiculus  SA w Galápagos  Gentoo Penguin i    Spheniscidae    Pygoscelis papua  SO mainly subantarctic is., locally Antarctic is.  Humboldt Penguin (VU)  i    Spheniscidae    Spheniscus humboldti  SA coastal n Peru to c Chile  King Penguin i    Spheniscidae    Aptenodytes patagonicus  SO subantarctic is. beaches: Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is., South Georgia, South Sandwich Is. (sw South Atlantic), Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen and Heard is. (sw, se South Indian), Macquarie I. (far se of Australia, sw South Pacific) mostly around Antarctic Convergence; to subantarctic New Zealand is., s tip of South America and Antarctic Pen.  Little Penguin i    Spheniscidae    Eudyptula minor  AU s Australia and North, South, Stewart and Chatham is. (e of South I.; New Zealand)  Macaroni Penguin (VU)  i    Spheniscidae    Eudyptes chrysolophus  SO subantarctic islands of w South Atlantic to e South Indian Ocean: Antarctic Pen. and Falkland Is. to Kerguelen and Heard is.  Magellanic Penguin i    Spheniscidae    Spheniscus magellanicus  SA coastal c Chile and c Argentina to Cape Horn and Falkland Is. to se Brazil  Northern Rockhopper Penguin (EN)  i    Spheniscidae    Eudyptes moseleyi  AO, IO Tristan da Cunha group including Gough (sc South Atlantic Ocean), St. Paul and Amsterdam is. (sc Indian Ocean)  Royal Penguin i U    Spheniscidae    Eudyptes schlegeli  AU subantarctic islands of w South Pacific: Macquarie and nearby Bishop and Clerk is. (far se of Australia)  Snares Penguin (VU)  i    Spheniscidae    Eudyptes robustus  AU Snares I. (s of South I., New Zealand) to waters of e South I. (New Zealand)  Southern Rockhopper Penguin (VU)  i    Spheniscidae    Eudyptes chrysocome  AO, SA s Chile is. and Cape Horn to Falkland Is., subantarctic Indian Ocean and New Zealand is.  Yellow-eyed Penguin (EN)  i    Spheniscidae    Megadyptes antipodes  AU se South, Stewart and satellites, Auckland and Campbell is. (s of South I.; New Zealand) 88%   16 species of 18 (0 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide