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✓Official 
African Penguin Habitat Requirements
Spheniscus demersus · Bird · Base game
Habitat needs
Exported 2026-10-05Terrain share
✓OfficialAllowed share of the habitat floor for each terrain type. The bar spans the minimum to maximum share.
- Sand 20%–100%
- Soil 0%–50%
- Rock 10%–100%
Group rules
✓Official- Preferred group
- 6–500
- Bachelor group
- 500 male / 500 female
- Mixed group
- 500 male / 500 female
- Temperament
- Neutral
- Mating system
- Monogamous
- Guest walkthrough
- Allowed
Breeding and lifespan
✓Official- Breeding difficulty
- Easy
- Gestation / incubation
- 0 yr
- Interbirth period
- 1 yr
- Sexual maturity
- 5 yr
- Litter size
- 1
- Sterility age
- 14 yr
- Juvenile
- 5 yr
- Adult
- 9 yr
- Elderly
- 16yr
- Food cost per period
- 83.75
Life stages and breeding times are given in years in the official data.
Compatible animals
Full matrix →From the official Zoopedia "Cohabitation Options" lists. A pair counts if either animal lists the other.
✓Official No compatible species. The official Zoopedia lists no cohabitants for the African Penguin.
Enrichment items
✓OfficialEnrichment
- Curio Ball
- Submarine Buoy
- Water Hoop
- Platform Floats
- Sprinkler
- Bubble Blower - Airstone
- Tennis Ball
Food enrichment
- Bamboo Feeder
- Block of Frozen Fish
Size, status and colour morphs
✓Official- IUCN status
- Critically Endangered
- Size (standing height)
- 0.65 m / 0.64 m
- Weight
- 3.1 kg
- Colour morphs
- Brown Morph, Part Leucistic, Albino
Where two values are shown, the first is male and the second female.
Colour morphs
-
Brown Morph -
Part Leucistic -
Albino
Official in-game portraits of the African Penguin colour morphs.
How much area for N African Penguins?
Area = minimum + (N − 1) × extra per animal. A planning estimate; the game decides the final check.
FAQ
What temperature does the African Penguin need in Planet Zoo 2?
The official data gives a comfortable range of 3–36 °C for the African Penguin. Keep the habitat inside that range and use the planner to compare it with other species.
How much space does the African Penguin need?
According to the official data, the minimum is 180 m² of land for the first animal (+3 m² for each extra animal), 135 m² of water (+2 m² each extra), 67 deep swimming space (+2 each extra). For example, 186 m² of land for three.
How many African Penguins can live together?
The preferred group size in the official data is 6–500. Bachelor groups allow up to 500 males or 500 females, and a mixed group up to 500 males and 500 females.
What barrier does the African Penguin need?
A Grade 2 barrier at least 1 m high.
Which animals can live with the African Penguin?
None. The official Zoopedia lists no compatible species for the African Penguin, so no cohabitants are given.
Data source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export dated 2026-10-05. Text on this page is written by this site; the numbers are the official values.