| English | Scientific | Range |
| King Penguin | Aptenodytes patagonicus | breeds on beaches of subantarctic islands, in Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Islands, South Georgia, South Sandwich Islands, Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, and Heard islands, and Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia); disperses widely at sea mostly around Antarctic Convergence |
| Emperor Penguin | Aptenodytes forsteri | breeds in scattered colonies on Antarctic continent edge and up to 200 km from open sea; ranges Antarctic seas to edge of ice pack and beyond, juveniles dispersing most widely |
| Adelie Penguin | Pygoscelis adeliae | breeds circumpolarly along coastline of Antarctica and associated islands; winters near edge of ice pack |
| Gentoo Penguin | Pygoscelis papua | |
| Pygoscelis papua taeniata | subantarctic waters, breeding on southern Indian Ocean islands (Prince Edward, Marion, Crozet, Heard), Macquarie Island (southeast of Australia); population on Kerguelen Island tentatively placed here, but represent a distinct taxon |
| Pygoscelis papua papua | breeds on the Falkland Islands and, locally, in Tierra del Fuego |
| Pygoscelis papua ellsworthi | breeds on the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland, South Orkney, and South Sandwich islands |
| Pygoscelis papua poncetii | breeds on South Georgia Island |
| Chinstrap Penguin | Pygoscelis antarcticus | breeds on Antarctic Peninsula and associated islands, including Balleny Island (eastern Antarctica); winters mostly south of Antarctic Convergence, to southern South America and subantarctic islands |
| Little Penguin | Eudyptula minor | |
| Eudyptula minor novaehollandiae | coastal southern Australia including Tasmania |
| Eudyptula minor iredalei | coastal northern North Island (New Zealand) |
| Eudyptula minor variabilis | coastal southern North Island and Cook Strait (New Zealand) |
| Eudyptula minor minor | coastal western and southern South Island and Stewart Island (New Zealand) |
| Eudyptula minor albosignata | eastern South Island (New Zealand) |
| Eudyptula minor chathamensis | Chatham Islands (east of New Zealand) |
| African Penguin | Spheniscus demersus | breeds coastal southern Namibia and southern South Africa; ranges to central Namibia and southeastern Africa |
| Humboldt Penguin | Spheniscus humboldti | Humboldt Current region of coastal northern Peru to central Chile |
| Galapagos Penguin | Spheniscus mendiculus | coastal western Galapagos (Fernandina and Isabela) |
| Magellanic Penguin | Spheniscus magellanicus | breeds coastal central Chile and central Argentina to Cape Horn and Falkland Islands; winters to southeastern Brazil |
| Yellow-eyed Penguin | Megadyptes antipodes | very local on coasts of South (where now very rare), Stewart and satellites, Auckland, and Campbell islands (New Zealand) |
| Fiordland Penguin | Eudyptes pachyrhynchus | breeds inland in forests of southwestern South Island, western and southern Stewart Island, and satellites (New Zealand); winters to seas south of Australia |
| Erect-crested Penguin | Eudyptes sclateri | breeds among rocks of Bounty and Antipodes islands (New Zealand); winters to waters of eastern South Island |
| Macaroni Penguin | Eudyptes chrysolophus | subantarctic islands in South Atlantic Ocean and southern Indian Ocean |
| Royal Penguin | Eudyptes schlegeli | breeds on coastal slopes of Macquarie and nearby Bishop and Clerk islands (southeast of Australia); winters mostly near colonies, with juveniles ranging farther |
| Western Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes chrysocome | breeds far southern Chilean islands of Magallanes Province to Cape Horn Archipelago and Falkland Islands; winters northward along Patagonian coast |
| Eastern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes filholi | breeds coastally on Prince Edward, Crozet, Kerguelen, Heard (southern Indian Ocean), Macquarie (southeast of Australia), and Auckland, Campbell, and Antipodes islands (New Zealand) |
| Northern Rockhopper Penguin | Eudyptes moseleyi | breeds among coastal rocks and tussocks of Tristan da Cunha group and Gough (South Atlantic), and St. Paul and Amsterdam islands (South Indian Ocean) |
| Snares Penguin | Eudyptes robustus | breeds coastal forest of Snares Islands; disperses westward to waters off southeastern Australia, and northward off New Zealand |