Countries with Wild Penguins

No Madagascar?

Kowalski...get me more information...

Great idea for a quiz!

The sea on the west coast of South America is really, really cold - must be a current direct from Antarctica - so penguins in Ecuador are plausible (though I only guessed that answer cos I ran out of southern countries to try).

There is a species of penguin called the Galapagos Penguin, which coincidentally live on and near the Galapagos Islands, which are part of Ecuador.

The most probable reason to why Ecuador is on there is (as the others said) because of Ecuador's Galapagos Penguin.

How about UK? i.e. Falkland Islands.

In that case, also Adélie Land (France - hence Adélie Penguins) and Queen Maud Land (Norway)?

Err...

Malvinas belongs to Argentina - it should.

Wanting something doesn't make it yours. That's the mentality of a 2-year-old.

And look, 3 people that live there agree with you: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkland_Islands_sovereignty_referendum,_2013

Tsingtao was German until around 100 years ago, while Argentina was Spanish until around 200 years ago

Your comment contradicts itself, Kontio100 - either the '''Malvinas''' belongs to Argentina, or '''it should'''........

@ShrinkingViolet Don't forget the families of the 5,000 or so Nazis that fled to Argentina. Magneto didn't get them all! And all the others who came from Germany, France, Switzerland, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Poland, Albania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Russia, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia, Greece, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia...

OK, Kowalski, another question for you: How do the penguin census takers decide if a penguin is accidental or vagrant? "That one looks like riff-raff, must be a vagrant; this scruffy one over here - clearly present accidentally; but this fine, well mannered immaculately groomed specimen is clearly, well, a non-accidental non-vagrant." Whatever you call those.

If I got this from the source correctly breeding plays a role. Some species seem just to breed elsewhere. That probably makes the difference between native and vagrant penguins. Other than that I'm guessing it's observation or residues left as "evidence". Accidental is probably as easy as finding a single penguin or few penguins somewhere where they have never been seen before which is unlikely as they usually live in larger groups. Maybe they broke out of a zoo like the penguins in the movie Madagascar. That's just what I'm thinking.

This is weird, I live in Uruguay. It's pretty small. Yet I've never seen a wild penguin, where are they?

Please remember to take care in handling and observation of this specimen. Like many wild creatures, he bites. :)

Suarez. The best. After Messi.

Correction: Suarez. The best smile* After Messi

Given that they are mostly marine animals, it will be in the sea... Anyway, according to Google there was a case in 2011 when 600 dead Magellan pinguins washed up on the Uruguayan shore.

Well I did a lot better on this quiz than I expected to. Only missed the last three.

France should've been in this list aswell! They have the French oversees territories called 'TAAF' (Terres Atlantiques et Australes Françaises), which includes the Kerguelen for example, where you can find penguïns.

Got them all. But then, I live in NZ, so have seen them around the place. And in Australia.

Can you except South Geogria for the UK as that territory also has penguins.

Georgia I mean.

Yes, the British Overseas Territory of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands also contain wild penguins.

Surprised about Ecuador and Peru!

Haven't you heard of Galapagos penguins?

I didn't realize that the Galapagos Islands were part of Ecuador. Also I thought there was Madagascar?

And Kergelen?

Ummm...

Actually

1. Greenland is part of the kingdom of Denmark

2. Those are polar bears think of it like this:

Polar bears are up north, and Penguins are down south.

Kerguelen Islands of France are home to millions of penguins. Bouvet Island of Norway also has penguins.

Wow, millions!

Kerguelen and Bouvet were already mentioned in the comments three years ago. If Falklands are included, why not the others?

Then we have Gabon, "accidental or vagrant" jackass penguins aren't that uncommon over there.

I was surprised there is no Madagascar or Norway because they have islands near Antarctica but I still got the all correct. Anyways, nice quiz

I have a couple questions. 1: Do areas like the Norwegian and French territories in the Antarctic ocean as well as other British territories such as South Georgia or Gough Island have a different status than the Falkland Islands? I'm at a loss as to why they don't make this list. 2: If accidental/vagrant visitors are included, as the caveat suggests, why is Madagascar not amongst the correct answers? OP even provided a source above. Other countries that should be on here include Congo and Gabon, see https://www.biologicaldiversity.org/species/birds/penguins/African_penguin.html

I decided to do all South America countries for fun and it worked. Lol. I never thought of a random idea that could actually work.

kind of surprised Lesotho isn't there because South Africa is and Lesotho is inside it

got all of them in the first try

Wait, what about sleet and blizzard?

What about France?

They have at least 4 species of penguins (4 and 3 subspecies of rockhopper penguin) and half the world's king penguins breed on the Crozet Islands (this is excluding Antarctic claims as with the other countries on the list)

Namibia!! Some penguins obviously like a bit of heat...

As hard as it may be to picture penguins in Brazil, I still typed it in third xD

the Falklands, one of the British Overseas Territories are not part of the UK.