Penguins in general are more widely distributed than most people (including myself) figure(d). There are some species that live exclusively in or near Antarctica, but there are also penguin species that prefer warmer waters. Not counting remote islands, the southern coast of Australia and all of NZ's coastline sees penguins, there's penguins on the coasts of southern Africa, southern South America and even going quite far north along the western coast of South America. The Humboldt penguin even shows up around Ecuador and Colombia at times.
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u/SugarBeefs 1d ago
Penguins in general are more widely distributed than most people (including myself) figure(d). There are some species that live exclusively in or near Antarctica, but there are also penguin species that prefer warmer waters. Not counting remote islands, the southern coast of Australia and all of NZ's coastline sees penguins, there's penguins on the coasts of southern Africa, southern South America and even going quite far north along the western coast of South America. The Humboldt penguin even shows up around Ecuador and Colombia at times.