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Presents the most current knowledge on each of the eighteen penguin species

Table of Contents

Global Penguin Society

Introduction

I. LARGE PENGUINS GENUS APTENODYTES

1. King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

2. Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)

II. BRUSH-TAILED PENGUINS GENUS PYGOSCELIS

3. Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae)

4. Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)

5. Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

III. YELLOW-EYED PENGUIN GENUS MEGADYPTES

6. Yellow-Eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes)

IV. CRESTED PENGUINS GENUS EUDYPTES

7. Southern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome)

8. Northern Rockhopper Penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi)

9. Erect-Crested Penguin (Eudyptes sclateri)

10. Fiordland Penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)

11. Snares Penguin (Eudyptes robustus)

12. Macaroni Penguin (Eudyptes chrysolophus)

and Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli)

V. BANDED PENGUINS GENUS SPHENISCUS

13. African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus)

14. Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus)

15. Humboldt Penguin (Spheniscus humboldti)

16. Galapagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)

VI. LITTLE (OR BLUE) PENGUIN GENUS EUDYPTULA

17. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Contributors

About the Author

Pablo Garcia Borboroglu is a researcher at the National Research Council of Argentina, president of the Global Penguin Society, and affiliate professor at the University of Washington. P. Dee Boersma is professor of biology and Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Science at the University of Washington. She is coeditor of Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest and executive editor of Conservation magazine.

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"This is an essential book for those who love penguins. Each of the world’s 17 penguin species is beautifully illustrated with full-color photographs of the birds in their natural habitat. Detailed charts, graphs and tables help present interesting and useful information about each species."
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