page_title: List of birds of Peru
section_title: Penguins
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Peru / Penguins
caption_attribution_description: English: The Humboldt Penguin photographed in Islas Ballestas, Peru.
context_page_description: This is a list of the bird species recorded in Peru. The avifauna of Peru has 1823 confirmed species, of which 109 are endemic, three have been introduced by humans, and 54 are rare or vagrants. An additional 49 species are hypothetical.
  Except as an entry is cited otherwise, the list of species is that of the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society. The list's taxonomic treatment and nomenclature are also those of the SACC.
  The following tags have been used to highlight certain categories of occurrence.
  (V) Vagrant - a species that rarely or accidentally occurs in Peru
  Endemic - a species endemic to Peru
  (I) Introduced - a species introduced to Peru as a consequence, direct or indirect, of human actions
  Hypothetical - a species recorded but with "no tangible evidence" according to the SACC
context_section_description: Order: Sphenisciformes   Family: Spheniscidae
  The penguins are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid, and other forms of sealife caught while swimming underwater. Three species have been recorded in Peru.
  King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus (H)
  Humboldt penguin, Spheniscus humboldti
  Magellanic penguin, Spheniscus magellanicus (V)
caption: Humboldt penguin
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