How many types of penguins are there in Antarctica?
Yasmin Lane There are 7 members of the penguin family in Antarctica. The king penguin is the world s second-largest penguin. Kings breed on seven sub-Antarctic island groups, with a breeding population estimated at between one and 1.5 million pairs. king penguin The emperor penguin is the world s largest penguin and it stands more than 1m tall and can weigh 40kg. The emperor is the only Antarctic bird that breeds in winter. A single egg is incubated on the feet of the males, which huddle in the extreme winter to reduce heat loss. A male emperor will go as long as two months without eating while he is looking after his chick. emperor penguin Gentoo penguins can be found in large populations at South Georgia (100,000 pairs), the Falkland Islands (70,000 pairs) and Kerguelen islands (30,000 pairs) and on the Antarctic Peninsula. Gentoo penguins Adlie penguins were named after French explorer Dumont d Urveille s wife. Along with the emperor, the Adlie is the only other truly Antarctic peng
