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Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae

Penguins are flightless, aquatic birds which live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Their plumage — which consists of tiny, stiff, undifferentiated feathers—is black, or blue above and white below. They breed in colonies, which are often very large, and hunt underwater, feeding on krill, fish and squid. There are 18 species worldwide; of these, species  been recorded in.

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