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Estimate is from the 1980s, but population is stable. [20] Southern rockhopper penguin: Eudyptes chrysocome: 2 460 000 [21] VU [21] [21] Only mature individuals were included in the count (1.23 million pairs); population has declined 34% in the past 37 years. [21] Magellanic penguin: Spheniscus magellanicus: 2 600 000 [22] LC [22] [22]
Major populations of penguins are found in Angola, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Chile, Namibia, New Zealand, and South Africa. [75] [76] Satellite images and photos released in 2018 show the population of 2 million in France's remote Ile aux Cochons has collapsed, with barely 200,000 remaining, according to a study published in Antarctic ...
The total population is estimated to be 2.23 ... the king penguin population in South Georgia and the Falklands was ... The CCAMLR is made up of 24 countries ...
IUCN status and estimated population Macaroni penguin. E. chrysolophus (Brandt, J. F., 1837) Antarctic Peninsula, South America, and subantarctic islands in South Atlantic and Indian Oceans VU 6,300,000 breeding pairs [18] Royal penguin. E. schlegeli Finsch, 1876: Macquarie Island and nearby islands LC 1,340,000–1,660,000 [19] Northern ...
The Galapagos penguin is currently one of the rarest penguin species, [23] next to another penguin species, the yellow-eyed penguin. The population size on average is about 1,500 individuals per year, depending on the climate events. [24]
Even though they live in large colonies, emperor penguins are the least common Antarctic penguins. Scientists estimate anywhere from 265,000 to 278,000 breeding pairs are left in the wild.
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), also known as Cape penguin or South African penguin, is a species of penguin confined to southern African waters. It is the only penguin found in the Old World. Like all penguins, it is flightless, with a streamlined body and wings stiffened and flattened into flippers for a marine habitat. Adults ...
The average global population of all mature birds is estimated to be on the order of 100 billion individuals. [1] [2] [3] The total population including younglings is somewhat higher during the breeding season of each species. [3] This list is incomplete, because experts have not estimated all bird numbers.