Penguins
Can you difference which penguin is the male and which one is the female? Well, if you see closely, the male penguin's peak is bigger and their body too! This type of birds are curious...
Normally when a someone says birds, people imagine flying animals, but this type of birds cannot fly. That is why it is known as the largest family of flightless birds in the world! But don't you worry, everything has an advantage and disadvantage. Penguins can not fly, but it does not mean they cannot dive and swim. In fact, they are the fastest birds that can swim and dive!
They live in the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctic and Sub Antarctic regions, and Coastal South America and southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genius/Species: king, emperor, Adelie, gentoo, chinstrap, rockhopper, macaroni, royal, Fiordland crested, Snares Island, erect-crested, yellowed-eyed, fairy/little blue, Magellanic, Humboldt, African/black-footed, and Galapagos.
Resources:
PENGUINS Zoobooks
PENGUINS http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/penguin/scientific-classification.htm
PENGUINS-SPHENISCIFORMES http://animals.about.com/od/penguin1/p/penguins.htm
Normally when a someone says birds, people imagine flying animals, but this type of birds cannot fly. That is why it is known as the largest family of flightless birds in the world! But don't you worry, everything has an advantage and disadvantage. Penguins can not fly, but it does not mean they cannot dive and swim. In fact, they are the fastest birds that can swim and dive!
They live in the Southern Hemisphere, Antarctic and Sub Antarctic regions, and Coastal South America and southern Africa.
Taxonomy
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genius/Species: king, emperor, Adelie, gentoo, chinstrap, rockhopper, macaroni, royal, Fiordland crested, Snares Island, erect-crested, yellowed-eyed, fairy/little blue, Magellanic, Humboldt, African/black-footed, and Galapagos.
Resources:
PENGUINS Zoobooks
PENGUINS http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/info-books/penguin/scientific-classification.htm
PENGUINS-SPHENISCIFORMES http://animals.about.com/od/penguin1/p/penguins.htm