Penguin Awareness Day
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January 20th is Penguin Awareness Day
Penguin Awareness day, is the perfect time to take a few minutes to learn about penguins and their environment. Some penguin species are currently on the endangered species list while others are threatened or vulnerable due to overfishing, habitat destruction and by being negatively affected by oil spills and human pollution.
Please take the time to learn a fact or two about Penguins on this day and visit some of the wonderful charitable organisations which are helping us learn more about penguins and conservation efforts.
Buy this African Penguins Poster Print from Amazon.com
African Penguins are an endangered species of penguin.
How to Celebrate National Penguin Day
- Donate to a Penguin charity. Reputable charities include the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust
- Decorate a cute Penguin cupcake
- Colour a cute penguin
- Play a penguin party game and hop from iceburg to iceburg
- Make a cute penguin mask and then make another!
- Make a pipe cleaner penguin
- Print out an African penguin worksheet and teach children about this endangered species
- Watch a movie about penguins
- Read a book about penguins
- Visit a local aquarium or zoo.
- Dance like a penguin! Does anyone remember this cute video from Sesame Street?
Dance Like a Penguin on Penguin Awareness Day
Have you seen this cute video from Sesame Street?
The first 5 seconds are very pixelated, the rest is fine.
More National Penguin Days to Celebrate
Good news for penguin lovers! January 20th isn't the only day to celebrate penguins.
- April 25th - World Penguin Day
- October 8th - National African Penguin Awareness Day.
Adopt a Penguin
Or donate to a penguin charity
- Adopt an African Penguin - Audobon Institute
- Adopt an African Penguin for US$35.
Add a wild child to your family tree today! Your Adopt An Animal donation helps feed and care for more than 15,000 animals (including invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals and insects) in Audubon's care. - Penguin Footprint Gift Package | Audubon Nature Institute
- Adopy an African Penguin gift pack
- Adopt a Little Penguin
- Adopt a Penguin for your School
The Little Penguins Need You Help! Your school has a unique opportunity to play a role in helping protect one of Australia's most popular wildlife icons, the Little Penguin. - Adopt an Emperor Penguin
- World Wildlife Foundation Adopt an Emperor Penguin Program.
- Adopt an Emperor Penguin Chick
- World Wildlife Foundation Adopt an Emperor Penguin Chick Program.
- Adopt a Yellow-eyed Penguin (UK)
- Animal adoptions: Care For The Wild International (more information is available on the Yellow-eyed penguin trust website
Threatened and Endangered
Are penguins endangered?
Unfortunately a number of penguin species are threatened, endangered or highly vulnerable. In some cases, such as the Yellow-eyed penguin, there are only 4,000 penguins left in the world. Below is a list of 18 different species of penguin (Southern and Northern Rockhopper Penguins have been classified as two species in this list) and their status according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
What is the IUCN Red List? "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species".
What is the IUCN Red List? "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is widely recognized as the most comprehensive, objective global approach for evaluating the conservation status of plant and animal species".
- Galapagos Penguin - Endangered - fewer than 2,000 individuals
- African Penguin - Endangered - decline of 60.5% over 28 years (three generations)
- Northern Rockhopper Penguin - Endangered - Endangered since 2008
- Yellow-Eyed Penguin - Endangered - Learn how you can help conservation efforts
- Erect Crested Penguin - Endangered - Endangered since 2000
- Humboldt Penguin - Vulnerable
- Snares Penguin - Vulnerable
- Royal Penguin - Vulnerable
- Southern Rockhopper Penguin - Vulnerable
- Fiordland Penguin - Vulnerable
- Macaroni Penguin - Vulnerable
- Magellanic Penguin - Near Threatened
- Gentoo Penguin - Near Threatened
- Adelie Penguin - Least Concern
- Chinstrap Penguin - Least Concern
- Little Penguin - Least Concern
- King Penguin - Least Concern
- Emperor Penguin - Least Concern
The Endangered Yellow Eyed Penguins of New Zealand
One of the worlds rarest penguins
There are around 4,000 Yellow Eyed Penguins left in the world. Please take some time to learn about this rare species of penguin.
Conservation Efforts
Guess what ... conservation efforts do work. While it may be a monumental task to bring some species back from the brink of extinction there are positive stories of dedicated people who are doing just that.
The Yellow-eyed penguin trust is a great example of success with conservation efforts. While the Yellow-eyed penguin is still endangered, and much more work still needs to be done before the species can become self-sustaining, the past 25 years has seen an increase in the Yellow-eyed penguin population.
Conservation works. Don't leave it up to others to do all of the work. Visit the sites below to see how you can help and be a part of the success in conserving penguin populations around the world.
- Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Home
- In 1987 Dunedin conservationists formed the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust with the aim of saving the penguin by restoring coastal forest and controlling predators. The penguin is the focus but the Trust's efforts also benefit other native species of plant and animal. The Trust is based in Dunedin but
- Penguin Foundation Phillip Island
- The Penguin Foundation was established to protect and preserve one of Australia's most important natural assets - the Little Penguins.
The Penguin Foundation raises and allocates funds to projects ranging from penguin rescue and rehabilitation in the event of a man-made disaster; to building new penguin nesting areas; monitoring penguin health and behaviour; protecting the Little Penguins' natural environment; and now building a new Penguin Hospital.
It is illegal to hunt any penguin species or collect their eggs.
Faulkland Island penguins
Counting the penguins of the Faulkland Islands
Mike Bingham has been working with penguins on the Faulkland islands for many years and shows us Gentoos, King, Magellenic and Rockhopper penguins.
Childrens books about penguins
Read a book about penguins to your child and teach him or her about penguins.
Watch a movie about Penguins
Two Emperor Penguins
Image Credit Jan Will
Penguin Colouring Pages
- Funny Penguin coloring page
- Cute and funny penguins
- Penguins coloring pages
- Over 20 penguins to colour.
- Singing Penguins coloring page
- Four penguins singing on an iceberg
- Penguin Themed Coloring Pages
- 15 Penguin (birds) coloring book pages you can print and color along with dot to dots and colour by math pages
- Penguins Coloring Pages
- 8 Pages of penguins to colour. Penguins coloring pages suitable for toddlers, preschool and kindergarten.
- Penguin images to colour
- Penguin images to colour on google image search.
- Penguin family - HAPPY FEET coloring pages
- This beautiful Penguin family from HAPPY FEET coloring pages is perfect for kids, who will appreciate it.
Penguin Wallpapers for your computer
- Penguin Pictures - Bird Wallpapers - National Geographic
- See pictures of emperor penguins, chinstrap penguins, rockhopper penguins, and more in this photo gallery from National Geographic. Any photo here can be downloaded from National Geographic as a wallpaper.
- Club Penguin Wallpaper -
- Official Club Penguin wallpaper made by the Club Penguin team.
More Penguin Pages
Rare All Black Penguin
Send an ecard for National Penguin Awareness Day
- Penguin Awareness Day Cards, Free Penguin Awareness Day eCards, Greetings from 123greetings.com
- Cute and adorable... Spreading fun all around! That's how penguins are. On Penguin Awareness Day, it's time for you to spare a thought for these lovely creatures by sending our cool e-wishes to your near and dear ones through our online greetings.
Learn about Penguins
- Little Blue Fairy Penguins
- The smallest of the penguin species
- Emperor Penguins
- The largest of the penguin species
- King Penguins
- Facts about King penguins
- Adelie Penguins
- Adelie penguin facts
Did you learn something about penguins today?
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cffutah
Jan 30, 2012 @ 8:22 pm | delete
- cute and funny, enjoyed stopping by.
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krakensquid
Jan 20, 2012 @ 11:44 am | delete
- Fantastic lens! I love penguins. :)
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Frischy
Jan 14, 2012 @ 8:59 pm | delete
- Penguins are awesome! Can't wait for penguin awareness day! There is a Sesame Street song about dancing like a penguin. It would be fun to sing it for this special day!
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seegreen
Jan 14, 2012 @ 9:51 pm | delete
- Thanks for the suggestion! I've added to the page. It's adorable and perfect for Penguin Awareness Day.
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