Penguin Awareness Day

A quick blog post today to celebrate Penguin Awareness day, and to tell you a little bit about the different types of species of penguin, and their status on the conservation scale.

Penguins are mainly found in the Southern Hemisphere. They have flippers not wings, despite the fact they are birds, they walk across land or slide on their stomachs across snowy conditions and are notably black with a white belly. This distinctive colouring allows them to be camouflaged when searching the seas for food.

Below are a sample of the penguin species and their conservation status:

Little penguin-least concern with population decreasing

Chinstrap penguin-least concern with population increasing

The Emperor Penguin-near threatened with stable population numbers

Magellanic penguin-near throated with population decreasing

Fiordland penguin-vulnerable with population decreasing

Royal penguin-vulnerable with population stable

Adélie penguin-near threatened with population increasing

Yellow-eyed penguin-endangered with population decreasing

Climate change is undoubtedly a growing worry for all penguin species, as is plastic and waste drifting in the ocean that can cause great harm. To help penguins we can make sure we eat seafood that is from sustainable sources, and cut back on your plastic consumption.