This timely book presents the most current knowledge on each of the eighteen penguin species-from the majestic emperor penguins of the Antarctic to the tiny blue penguins of New Zealand and Australia, from the northern rockhopper penguins of the South Atlantic and Indian oceans to the Galapagos penguins of the equator - written by the leading experts in the field.

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. Adélie 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. Galápagos Penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus)
• VI. LITTLE (OR BLUE) PENGUIN GENUS EUDYPTULA
• 17. Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors