- CR: critically endangered
- EN: endangered
- VU = vulnerable
- cd: conservation dependent
- nt: near threatened
- lc: least concern
Latin or scientific | English | Population | Status | |
A p t e n o d y t e s |
Aptenodytes forsteri | Emperor penguin | estimated 170.000 breeding pairs | least concern (lc) |
Aptenodytes patagonicus | King penguin | estimated 1 million breeding pairs | least concern (lc) | |
P y g o s c e l i s |
Pygoscelis adeliae | Adélie penguin | more than 2,5 million breeding pairs | least concern (lc) |
Pygoscelis antarctica | Chinstrap penguin | 4 million breeding pairs | least concern (lc) | |
Pygoscelis papua | Gentoo penguin | around 314.000 breeding pairs | Lower risk/near threatened, 2008 IUCN | |
E u d y p t e s |
Eudyptes sclateri | Erect-crested penguin | estimated 28.000 breeding pairs | ENDANGERED, population decreasing, 2008 IUCN Red List |
Eudyptes robustus | Snares crested penguin | estimated 23.250 breeding pairs (counted in October 2000 by Dave Houston). | vulnerable, population stable, IUCN | |
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus | Fiordland penguin | 2500 à 3000 breeding pairs | vulnerable, population decreasing, IUCN | |
Eudyptes chrysocome | Rockhopper | Southern: more than 1 million breeding pairs Northern rockhopper: 55 till 80 thousand breeding pairs |
- Southern rockhopper: vulnerable, population decreasing,
IUCN - Northern rockhopper (Eudyptes moseleyi): ENDANGERED, IUCN Red List 2008 |
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Eudyptes chrysolophus | Macaroni penguin | estimated 9 million breeding pairs | vulnerable, population decreasing, IUCN | |
Eudyptes schlegeli | Royal penguin | very locally, thus vulnerable | vulnerable, population stable, 2008 IUCN | |
S p h e n i s c u s |
Spheniscus demersus | African or blackfooted penguin | 90 000 breeding pairs | vulnerable, population decreasing, IUCN |
Spheniscus humboldti | Humboldt penguin | about 3 300 birds | vulnerable, population decreasing, IUCN | |
Spheniscus magellanicus | Magellanic penguin | 1,3 million breeding pairs | lower risk/near threatened, population decreasing, 2008 IUCN | |
Spheniscus mendiculus | Galápagos penguin | about 1200 birds, population decreasing | ENDANGERED, IUCN Red List 2008 |
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Megadyptes antipodes | Yellow-eyed penguin | 1500 breeding pairs | ENDANGERED, IUCN Red List 2008 |
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Eudyptula minor Eudyptula albosignata |
Little penguin whiteflippered little penguin |
trend decreasing | Lower risk/near threatened (nt) |