Penguins by Habitat
Habitat is the constraint that shapes everything else: where a penguin can nest determines what it can eat, when it can breed, and what happens to it when conditions shift.
Every habitat in the catalogue
14 entries across all 19 penguin species, ordered by how many species each one covers.
Rocky coastlines15 speciesSub-Antarctic islands6 speciesCoastal forest and scrub5 speciesCliff faces3 speciesTussock grass3 speciesAntarctic coastline2 speciesAntarctic Peninsula2 speciesBurrows2 speciesSandy beaches2 species
Single-species habitats
Each of these is held by exactly one species — usually a bird confined to one island group or one narrow niche. That isolation is normally the story.