Penguin vocalization classifications

Abstract

The present study researches five different penguin species vocalizations who currently residing at the Newport Aquarium in Newport, KY. These penguins—while different species—coexist in the same habitat at the Newport Aquarium. It was purposed that the different species do not “speak the same language” and therefore do not respond to different species of penguin’s calls, despite sharing the same enclosure. Therefore, this study aimed at collecting and categorizing the different species’ calls and then proceeding to analyze the vocal data to see if any of the species shared similar vocal spectrum similarities. Once collected, the aim of this data is twofold: primarily to classify the different penguin species calls—especially during specific events (i.e., defending a nest, distress, calling for a mate, etc.) and secondarily to analyze the vocal spectral energy of the different species to see if similarities exist.