ID Our Penguins With This Cheat Sheet

Why is Dudley "The Dream Boat"? What makes Maria “The Pacifist” and Robben “The Helicopter Parent"? And how does new arrival Oliver fit in?

Get a quick overview of Lincoln Park Zoo’s African penguin colony with our handy “Meet the Colony” cheat sheet. Learn all the penguins’ names, sexes, hatch dates, and personality traits—plus, the color of their ID band. Use this chart on your next visit to Robert and Mayari Pritzker Penguin Cove to ID each penguin and follow your favorites!

You can get even more in-depth chronicling of the colony by following the second season of our "All My Penguins” blog series.