Penguins by Region

Almost no penguin lives in Antarctica. Browsing by region is the fastest way to break that assumption — these birds range from the equator to the ice, and most of them breed on islands you have never heard of.

Every region in the catalogue

32 entries across all 19 penguin species, ordered by how many species each one covers.

Falkland Islands5 species Kerguelen Islands4 species Chile3 species Crozet Islands3 species Macquarie Island3 species South Georgia3 species Antarctic Peninsula2 species Antarctica2 species Antipodes Islands2 species Argentina2 species Campbell Islands2 species Heard Island2 species New Zealand2 species South Orkney Islands2 species South Sandwich Islands2 species South Shetland Islands2 species

Single-species regions

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.

Amsterdam Island1 species Auckland Islands1 species Bounty Islands1 species Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)1 species Gough Island1 species Namibia1 species New Zealand (South Island)1 species New Zealand sub-Antarctic islands1 species Peru1 species Snares Islands (New Zealand)1 species South Africa1 species Southern Australia1 species Southern Brazil1 species St. Paul Island1 species Stewart Island1 species Tristan da Cunha1 species

Browse all 19 species profiles