Endangered Penguins

Here you will find some information about the present dangers to each of the different types of penguins.

All the information on these pages is based on the recent Penguin Conservation Assessment and Management Plan (CAMP) prepared and published by IUCN.

The IUCN defines several categories; these, in decreasing order of threat to a population are:

Lower Risk

The CAMP report provides the following assessment for penguins

Species and sub-species	Common Name	IUCN Category
Eudyptula minor albosignata	White-flippered penguin	Endangered
Eudyptes sclateri	Erect-crested penguin	Endangered
Spheniscus mendiculus	Galapagos penguin	Endangered

Eudyptes robustus	Snares penguin	Vulnerable
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus	Fiordland penguin	Vulnerable
Eudyptes schegeli	Royal penguin	Vulnerable
Eudyptes chrysocome chrysocome	Southern Rockhopper penguin	Vulnerable
Eudyptes c. filholi	Eastern Rockhopper penguin	Vulnerable
Eudyptes c. moseleyi	Northern Rockhopper penguin	Vulnerable
Megadyptes antipodes	Yellow-eyed penguin	Vulnerable
Spheniscus humboldti	Humboldt penguin	Vulnerable
Spheniscus demersus	African penguin	Vulnerable

Eudyptes chrysolophus	Macaroni penguin	Near Threatened

Spheniscus magellanicus	Magellanic penguin	Near Threatened / Lower Risk

Aptenodytes forsteri	Emperor penguin	Lower Risk
Aptenodytes patagonicus	King penguin	Lower Risk
Pygocelis adeliae	Adelie penguin	Lower Risk
Pygocelis antarctica	Chinstrap penguin	Lower Risk
Pygocelis papua	Gentoo penguin	Lower Risk
Eudyptula minor	Little penguin	Lower Risk

We have provided some further information about the specific threats to some of these species on the separate pages listed at the top on the left.