Animal directory
African Penguin
Care, environment, breeding and conservation records for African Penguin.
Identity & conservation
- Scientific name
- Spheniscus demersus
- Enclosures
- Habitat
- Status
- Critically endangered
- Status code
- CR
- Regions
- Africa
- Biomes
- Open Sea, Grassland
- Edition
- Base game
- Class group
- Birds
- Revealed
- 2026-06-23
- Status groups
- Critically endangered, Threatened
- Tax class
- Aves
- Tax family
- Spheniscidae
- Tax genus
- Spheniscus
- Tax order
- Sphenisciformes
- Wild population
- 19,800
- Wild population count
- 19800
Habitat & enclosure
- Barrier grade
- 2
- Barrier height
- 1 m
- Climb proof
- No
- Water barrier
- No
- Temp min
- 3 °C
- Temp max
- 36 °C
- Area land min
- 180 m²
- Area land
- 180 m² + 3 m² per extra animal
- Area climbing
- Unknown
- Area deep water
- 67 m² + 2 m² per extra animal
- Area flying
- Unknown
- Area shelter
- 2 m² per animal
- Area water
- 135 m² + 2 m² per extra animal
- Humidity
- Unknown
- Plant cover
- 0-20%
- Salinity
- Unknown
- Terrain
- Sand 20-100%, Soil 0-50%, Rock 10-100%
- Water barrier depth
- Unknown
- Water barrier width
- Unknown
Social life & breeding
- Group size
- 6-500 (up to 500 males, up to 500 females)
- Life expectancy
- 10-30 years
- Bachelor females
- 1-500
- Bachelor males
- 1-500
- Breeding difficulty
- Easy
- Gestation
- 1.3 months
- Gestation months
- 1.3 months
- Group name
- Colony
- Interbirth
- 12 months
- Interbirth months
- 12 months
- Litter label
- Clutch size
- Litter size
- 1
- Mating season
- Spring
- Mating system
- Monogamous
- Maturity age
- 5 years
- Maturity years
- 5 years
- Shoal fish
- No
- Shoal size
- Unknown
- Sterility age
- 14 years
- Sterility years
- 14 years
Other facts
- Diet
- Small Whole Fish, Squid
- Colony size
- Unknown
- Colour morphs
- Part Leucistic, Brown Morph, Albino
- Dominance
- Unknown
- Enrichment
- Bubble Blower - Airstone, Curio Ball, Platform Floats, Sprinkler, Submarine Buoy, Tennis Ball, Water Hoop
- Exhibit types
- Unknown
- Feeders
- Aquatic Feeder - Fish, Bamboo Feeder, Block of Frozen Fish, Food Tray - Large, Food Tray - Small
- Nest
- Unknown
- Offspring dispersal
- None
- Size female
- 0.64 m
- Size male
- 0.65 m
- Size max
- 0.65 m
- Size measure
- Standing height
- Temperature
- 3 to 36°C
- Thriving group
- Unknown
- Thriving member of
- Unknown
- Thriving with
- Unknown
- Water sources
- Ground Water Fountain - Small
- Weather dislikes
- Rain and snow
- Weight female
- 3.1 kg
- Weight female text
- 3.1 kg
- Weight juvenile
- 1.55 kg
- Weight male
- 3.1 kg
- Weight male text
- 3.1 kg
Research levels
| Level | Unlocks | Research gate |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | Thriving Requirement 1: Water Hoop, at least 2; African Penguin Fact Sheet | Unknown |
| Level 2 | Thriving Requirement 2: Aquatic Feeder - Fish, at least 2; Fertility Level 1 (+15% fertility) | Unknown |
| Level 3 | Thriving Requirement 3: Food Grade 2; Release groups and release to the wild | Unknown |
| Level 4 | Thriving Requirement 4: Grass terrain | Unknown |
| Level 5 | Thriving Requirement 5: Coarse Sand terrain; Fertility Level 2 (+30% fertility) | Unknown |
Valid release groups
| Group | Type | Animals |
|---|---|---|
| Mixed Group | Mixed group | 3 males, 3 females |
| Bonded Pair | Breeding partners | 1 male, 1 female |
African Penguin2
Barriers at this grade4
Enrichment items7
Water sources1
Research levels1
Valid release groups1
Related entries98
- Valid release groups · African Penguin (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Platform Floats (Requires / provides)
- Researches species · African Penguin (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- African penguin · African Penguin (Requires / provides)
- Objectives · A Penny Learned (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Sprinkler (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · West Nile Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Tennis Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Salmonellosis (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Enrichment items · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Corrugated (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Sprinkler (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Submarine Buoy (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Influenza (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Food Tray - Large (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Newcastle Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Uses water source · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Water Hoop (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Water Hoop (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Tennis Ball (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Tuberculosis (Used by / linked from)
- Water sources · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Candidiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · Chain Link (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Avian Herpesvirus (Used by / linked from)
- Has research · African Penguin (Requires / provides)
- Uses feeder · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Usutu Virus (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Platform Floats (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Ground Water Fountain - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Platform Floats (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Bamboo Feeder (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Uses enrichment · Water Hoop (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Block of Frozen Fish (Used by / linked from)
- Asked species · Animal Reintroduction projects (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Sprinkler (Requires / provides)
- Barriers at this grade · Rope Netting (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Reward species · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Sp habitat · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Submarine Buoy (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Feather Lice (Used by / linked from)
- African penguin · African Penguin (Requires / provides)
- Lives in biome · Open Sea (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Submarine Buoy (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Curio Ball (Requires / provides)
- Species this disease affects · Aspergillosis (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Large (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Curio Ball (Requires / provides)
- Research levels · African Penguin (Requires / provides)
- Biomes · Open Sea (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Has release groups · African Penguin (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Curio Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · Corrugated (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Open Sea (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Block of Frozen Fish (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Curio Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Avipoxvirus (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Nematodiasis (Used by / linked from)
- Animals that use it · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Species this disease affects · Marek's Disease (Used by / linked from)
- Uses feeder · Block of Frozen Fish (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Chain Link (Used by / linked from)
- Barriers at this grade · 1-Way Glass (Requires / provides)
- Animals in this biome · Open Sea (Used by / linked from)
- Lives in biome · Grassland (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Platform Floats (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Tennis Ball (Used by / linked from)
- Species that count · Just In Case (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Tennis Ball (Requires / provides)
- Sp habitat · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Uses enrichment · Bubble Blower - Airstone (Requires / provides)
- Used by species · Food Tray - Small (Used by / linked from)
- Animals in this biome · Grassland (Used by / linked from)
- Animals by grade · 1-Way Glass (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Food Tray - Small (Requires / provides)
- Animals that use it · Sprinkler (Used by / linked from)
- Feeders · Block of Frozen Fish (Requires / provides)
- Animals by grade · Rope Netting (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Bamboo Feeder (Used by / linked from)
- Enrichment items · Submarine Buoy (Requires / provides)
- Animals given as rewards · Wildlife Care projects (Used by / linked from)
- Used by species · Aquatic Feeder - Fish (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · African Penguin (Used by / linked from)
- Zoopedia entry · African Penguin (Used by / linked from)
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