Except for captive situations, penguins are not found in North American. In fact, they are almost exclusively found in the southern hemisphere. The range for each of the following penguins species was obtain via Wikipedia.


Genus Aptenodytes

Penguin, Emperor  Aptenodytes forsteri   Found: Antarctica
Photographed by: 1) Samuel Blanc  2) Dbush  3) Glenn Grant


Penguin, King  Aptenodytes patagonicus   Found: Antarctica (coast), neighboring islands
Photographed in Antarctica by: 1) Liam Quinn    2) Ben Tubby - West Falkland  3) Samuel Blanc



Genus Eudyptes

Penguin, Snare's  Eudyptes robustus   Found: New Zealand
Photographed by Thomas Mattern - Snare's Islands


Penguin, Western Rockhopper  Eudyptes chrysocome   Found: Antarctica, Falkland Islands, islands of Argentina and southern Chile
Photographed by: 1) Stan Shebs  2) Samuel Blanc



Genus Pygoscelis

Penguin, Adélie  Pygoscelis adeliae Found: Antarctica (coast), neighboring islands
Photographed by: 1) Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece  Jason Auch


Penguin, Chinstrap Pygoscelis antarctica   Found: Antarctica (coast), neighboring islands
Photographed by: 1)   Gilad Rom  2) Jason Auch


Penguin, Gentoo  Pygoscelis papua   Found: Antactica, South America
Photographed by 1) Ben Tubby   2) Zee Evans  3) Jerzy Strzelecki  4) Cláudio Timm - Beagle Channel, Argentina



Genus Spheniscus

Penguin, African aka Jackass Penguin Spheniscus demersus   Found: Africa (southern)
Photographed by: 1, 4, 6, 7) Dick Daniels - South Africa   2, 3, 5) Sandy Cole near Cape Town, South Africa 



Penguin, Galapagos  Spheniscus mendiculus   Found: Galapagos Islands, Fernandina Island, and Isabela Island
Photographed by: 1) putneymark  2) Richard Jenkinson


Penguin, Humboldt  Spheniscus humboldti   Found: South America
Photographed by 1) ipfreaks - Tierpark Berlin, Germany  2) Wilfried Wittkowsky  3) Pelican - Asahiyama zoo, Asahikawa, Japan


Penguin, Magellanic Spheniscus magellanicus   Found: South America
Photographed by: 1, 2, 3) dFaulder - Peninsula Valdes, Argentina  4) Guglielmo Celata - Chile


Penguin, Little Blue  aka Little Penguin  Eudyptula minor   Found: Australia, New Zealand
Photographed by: 1, 2) Dick Daniels - the Antarctic Center in NZ  3, 4) JJ Harrison - Tasmania, Australia


Penguin, Yellow-eyed  Megadyptes antipodes   Found: New Zealand (southern) and the environs
Photographed by:1) Ville Miettinen  2) Christian Mehlführer