The yellow-eyed penguin, belong to the Megadyptes genus and 6 species in the Eudyptes have yellowish feather crest on the sides of their heads. Members in the Eudyptes live in the Antarctic waters south of New Zealand and Tasmania and range northward along the east coast of South America and to Tristan da Cunha, an island in the South Altantic. The gentoo penguin and the lie penguin are found in Antarctica and in the South Shetland, South Orkney, and South Sandwich islands. The jackass penguin is found off the coasts of South Africa. It is a part if the Spheniscus genus.
Penguins are gregarious birds and are found in flocks even at sea.
On land they live in colonies, often number in the hundreds of thousands. Although the birds have suffered greatly at the hands of humans, who have slaughtered great numbers for their blubber and, more recently, for their skins, the inaccessibility of the Antarctic region has helped preserve the group. Their only natural enemies of the penguin include leopard seals, killer whales, and, in the case of young chicks and eggs, skuas. They live in their colonies to keep eachother safe. They watch over eachothers chicks.