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Nils Olav III

Nils Olav III is a male King Penguin at Edinburgh Zoo. He gained international attention as a mascot for the Norwegian K...

Individual King Penguin Edinburgh Zoo Norwegian Guard

9.3 Excellent

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Grape-kun

Grape-kun is a Humboldt penguin from Tobu Zoo in Japan. He became widely known online due to his unusual fascination wit...

Japan Individual Humboldt Penguin Tobu Zoo

9.1 Excellent

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Yellow-eyed Penguin

A New Zealand endemic penguin with distinctive yellow eyes and a pale yellow headband, considered one of the rarest peng...

New Zealand Extant Endangered Solitary

8.7 Great

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Nils Olav II

Nils Olav II was a King Penguin at Edinburgh Zoo and mascot of the Norwegian King's Guard, famously knighted by King Har...

Individual King Penguin Edinburgh Zoo Norwegian Guard

8.7 Great

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Lala

Lala is a King Penguin in Japan who was rescued and domesticated by a family in Shimoda, famously walking to the local f...

Japan Pet Shopping Individual

8.5 Great

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Adélie Penguin

A small Antarctic penguin named after Adélie Land, itself named by French explorer Dumont d'Urville in 1840, breeding fa...

Small Antarctic Extant Migratory

8.2 Great

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King Penguin (South Georgia subspecies)

The nominate subspecies (Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus) of the second-largest penguin, forming massive breeding co...

Large Extant Subspecies Subantarctic

8.2 Great

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Southern Rockhopper Penguin

A small crested penguin with yellow eyebrow plumes, breeding on sub-Antarctic islands in the South Atlantic and southern...

Small Extant Crested Subantarctic

8.1 Great

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Nils Olav I

Nils Olav I was the original King Penguin mascot for the Norwegian King's Guard, adopted at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland in...

Mascot Individual King Penguin Edinburgh Zoo

8.1 Great

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Macaroni Penguin

A crested penguin with bold orange-yellow plumes, named by 18th-century British sailors after the flamboyant 'Macaroni'...

Extant Crested Subantarctic Eudyptes

7.9 Good

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African Penguin

The only penguin species breeding in Africa, found along the coasts of South Africa and Namibia, listed as Endangered du...

South Africa Temperate Extant Endangered

7.9 Good

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King Penguin (Crozet subspecies)

The subspecies Aptenodytes patagonicus halli of the King Penguin, breeding on the Crozet Islands in the southern Indian...

Large Indian Ocean Extant Subspecies

7.8 Good

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Kumimanu fordycei

Paleocene giant penguin from New Zealand described in 2023, estimated to have weighed ~150 kg, making it potentially the...

New Zealand Massive Fossil Extinct

7.8 Good

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Gentoo Penguin

The third-largest penguin species, recognizable by white eye patches and an orange-red bill, distributed across numerous...

Medium Extant Subantarctic Pygoscelis

7.6 Good

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Galápagos Penguin

The world's only penguin found north of the equator, endemic to the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador and the rarest penguin...

Tropical Extant Endangered Galapagos

7.5 Good

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Magellanic Penguin

A South American banded penguin named after explorer Ferdinand Magellan, whose 1520 expedition was the first to record t...

South America Banded Extant Migratory

7.2 Good

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White-flippered Penguin

A subspecies of the Little Penguin endemic to Banks Peninsula and Motunau Island in New Zealand, distinguished by broade...

New Zealand Small Extant Eudyptula

7.2 Good

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Chinstrap Penguin

A medium-sized Antarctic penguin identified by a thin black line across its white throat, breeding in vast colonies on t...

Aggressive Antarctic Medium Extant

7.1 Good

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Waimanu manneringi

An extinct early penguin from the Paleocene of New Zealand, dating to roughly 61 million years ago, making Waimanu one o...

New Zealand Fossil Extinct Paleocene

7.1 Good

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Humboldt Penguin

A South American penguin named after the cold Humboldt Current along whose Pacific coastal upwelling it forages, listed...

Coastal South America Vulnerable Extant

7.0 Good