Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, faimily Spheniscidae) are a group o aquatic, flichtless birds that maistly bide in the Soothren Hemisphere, especially in Antarctica. Heichly adaptit for life in the watter, penguins hae coontershadit dark an white plumage. Mast penguins feed on krill, fish, squid an ither furms o sealife caught while soummin unnerwatter. Thay spend aboot hauf o thair lives on land an hauf in the oceans.
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Penguins | |
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Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes Sharpe, 1891 |
Faimily: | Spheniscidae Bonaparte, 1831 |
Modern genera | |
Aptenodytes | |
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Range o penguins, aw speshies (aqua) |
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