Penguin

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Aptenodytes

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Eudyptes

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Eudyptula

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Megadyptes

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Pygoscelis

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Spheniscus

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Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are an order of flightless birds living in the southern hemisphere.

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There are 17 or 18 known species worldwide, depending on whether the two Eudyptula species are counted as distinct. Although all penguin species are native to the southern hemisphere, they are not, contrary to popular belief, found only in cold climates, such as Antarctica. In fact, only a few species of penguin actually live so far south. Three species live in the tropics; one lives as far north as the Galapagos Islands and will occasionally cross the equator while feeding.

Flightless: redirect Flightless bird...

Southern hemisphere: The Southern Hemisphere is the half of a planet's surface (or celestial sphere) that is south of the equator (the word hemisphere literally means 'half ball')....

Antarctica: :For the Kim Stanley Robinson novel see Antarctica (novel)...

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