Got 8/12, missing most of the south american countries. Aside from Chile and Argentina (and those two countries do get darn close to the antarctic ocean at their very southern ends) I didn't think there were penguins that far north!
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).
Those lands fall under the Antarctic treaty, so they don't really count, while kerguelen islands / Crozet islands (France) and Bouvet Island (Norway) does count
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.
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.
You might be having so much fun you forgot to worry about it. Or English is not your first language, and perhaps you're even transliterating to boot. Personally I've never been asked before or after visiting anywhere to spell it.
"Should" and "normal" are two boring hammers that I normally eschew...and chewing hammers is not remotely scintillating.
I only ended up with 12 and just typed in answers till i got the 13th. I went and double checked your source you listed and they only list 12 countries, and not surprisingly, didn't mention the one I was missing either. I would remove the source as it is not accurate.
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.
Norway is missing. Bouvet Island and Island of Peter 1 are Norwegian islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. Bouvet is home to Macaroni penguin and, to a lesser extent, Chinstrap penguin and Adélie penguin. Chinstrap and Adélie visit Peter 1 regularly, as does other types of penguin.
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
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)
The Benguela current that runs up Namibia's coast is really cold, it comes directly from Antarctica. The Namibian penguins are on offshore islands and overheating can be a problem. In the days of guano mining the penguins couldn't dig burrows and some died of heat exhaustion.
I know there are penguins in the pacific coast of south america, up to ecuador, but i really have a hard time believing uruguay has penguins, and 3 species of them. its just too flat and the waters are too human crowded
Either a) ditch the UK or b) include France and Norway, otherwise the quiz is very inconsistent, since France and Norway both have far more penguins than the UK if you include overseas territories, and none of them have wild penguins at all if you don't.
I think there are Penguins in the US. We can find some in the state of Pennsylvania sliding on ice rinks. Sydney Crosby being a famous one. Mario Lemieux is another albeit older one. There is a Russian species called the Malkin Penguin.
Aside from recognition, they don't own them at all. They just have scientific bases there, and there's no exclusivity in terms of territorial demarcations.
I had just one coutry missing, so I went for the strategy of "which imperialistic country would have lands they have no business having?". Got everything right first try...
If you're wondering why Australia has 11 species but at the same time really only one species (little penguins, also called fairy penguins or blue penguins, the smallest penguin species in the world and is found in Australia and New Zealand, in fact there is a penguin colony at Manly Beach in Sydney), it's because Australia owns the Heard and MacDonald Islands, Macquarie Island and a lot of Antarctica.
It probably won't get changed, but France also should be included on this list, as I believe Crozet island and Kerguelen island both house penguins most of the year.
(in case someone missed the 3 previous explanations)
"Should" and "normal" are two boring hammers that I normally eschew...and chewing hammers is not remotely scintillating.
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.
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)
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I remember macaroni penguins from my son's report one year
and the penguins in the streets in South Africa on Netflix
However, we may not have information to prove how many penguins are in each slice of Antarctica.
Still, many other overseas territories should be included.