How long penguins live

Erect-crested Penguin — Eudyptes sclateri — Up to 20 years. Fiordland Penguin — Eudyptes pachyrynchus — Up to 20 years. Galapagos Penguin — Spheniscus mendiculus — Up to 20 years. Humboldt Penguin — Spheniscus humboldti — Up to 20 years. Macaroni Penguin — Eudyptes chrysolophus — Up to 20 years. Royal Penguin — Eudyptes schlegeli — Up to 20 years.

It is a South American penguin species and mostly found in the rocky coastal regions. The species have started declining because of the mining of guano deposits. Guano is one of the perfect places for the Humboldt penguin to nest. Gentoo penguins are the habitat of sub-Antarctic islands and Antarctic Peninsula regions.

Their life expectancy is up to 30 years. They have a refined lifecycle to survive in the icy region. In average Gentoo penguins live around 13 years in the wild as there are a lot of life-threatening factors rising in recent years.

They nest mostly in the rocky Antarctic region with good vegetation. The lifespan of the African penguins is 15 to 25 years and up to 30 years in captivity. They are the habitat of Southwest Africa where you can find a lot of penguins swimming in the bays along with humans. Their preferred nesting place is guano. African penguins are popular tourist attracting penguins and they have a natural tendency to adapt to the warmer condition.

They are endangered by human disturbances, predators and guano mining. Their lifespan is about 8 to 12 years in the wild and up to 20 years in the zoo.

Macaroni penguins are said to be social animals and nest in the hunting favorable areas. They live in the sub-Antarctic islands and rarely found in the northwestern Peninsula. Macaroni penguins are large-sized penguins different in appearance with the other penguin species.

Royal penguins live around 15 to 20 years in the wild. They are found in the rocky vegetated slopes or beaches of sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island and adjacent islands. They are endangered due to human interruption to their habitat, pollution, and climatic changes.

Royal penguins are medium to large-sized penguin species. They are said to be the largest of the crested penguins. Snares penguins are the habitat of Snares Islands, New Zealand.

The lifespan is around 15 to 20 years. They are medium-sized penguins. They live in a protected area and are prohibited until there is special permission for research cases. The present population of Snares penguins is around 30, pairs. They come under the crested penguin species. The predators of Snares penguins are sea lions and chicks are grabbed by skuas and giant petrels. Adelie penguins live around 10 to 20 years in the wild. They are the habitat of the Antarctic Islands.

They nest on dry land even though they live on icy land. Adelie penguins are found in large numbers when compared to the past. On the other hand, little blue penguins are the smallest, with an average weight of 2. A penguin's diet includes aquatic animals such as krill and squid. Currently, the number of extant penguin species is between 17 and 20, as the exact number remains under debate. The lifespan estimates of penguins in the wild are somewhat limited by a lack of data.

Nevertheless, researchers have established that Magellanic penguins have the longest lifespans, which can be up to 30 years. In contrast, little blue penguins tend to have the shortest lifespan, with a life expectancy of only six years. These general estimates of lifespans in the wild are subject to a number of factors including access to food, the presence or absence of predators, and climatic conditions. Such factors are especially relevant to the survival of penguin chicks.

Penguins in captivity typically live longer than those in the wild.