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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.

Conservation status of the world's penguins

SPHENISCIDAEEudyptes moseleyiNorthern Rockhopper PenguinENdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEEudyptes sclateriBig-crested Penguin, Erect-crested PenguinENdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEMegadyptes antipodesYellow-eyed PenguinENdecreasing SPHENISCIDAESpheniscus demersusAfrican Penguin, Black-footed Penguin, Jackass PenguinENdecreasing SPHENISCIDAESpheniscus mendiculusGalapagos Penguin, Galápagos PenguinENdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEEudyptes chrysocomeRockhopper Penguin, Southern Rockhopper PenguinVUdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEEudyptes chrysolophusMacaroni PenguinVUdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEEudyptes pachyrhynchusFiordland Crested Penguin, Fiordland PenguinVUdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEEudyptes robustusSnares Crested Penguin, Snares Islands Penguin, Snares PenguinVUstable SPHENISCIDAEEudyptes schlegeliRoyal PenguinVUstable SPHENISCIDAESpheniscus humboldtiHumboldt Penguin, Peruvian PenguinVUdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEAptenodytes forsteriEmperor PenguinNTstable SPHENISCIDAEPygoscelis adeliaeAdelie PenguinNTincreasing SPHENISCIDAEPygoscelis papuaGentoo PenguinNTdecreasing SPHENISCIDAESpheniscus magellanicusMagellanic PenguinNTdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEAptenodytes patagonicusKing PenguinLCincreasing SPHENISCIDAEEudyptula minorBlue Penguin, Fairy Penguin, Little PenguinLCdecreasing SPHENISCIDAEPygoscelis antarcticusChinstrap PenguinLCincreasing birds-penguinsbirds-penguinshttps://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/charts/iucn-birds-penguins.jpg