The Adelie Penguin is Skipper,Kowaski,Rico,and Private's species.
Below is some information about the species,and the differences and similarities between the penguins in the movies and the actual Adelie Penguin.
Habitat[]
In the movies, the penguins are shown to be walking on Antarctica. They were near the ocean as there was a ship parked nearby.
This also corresponds with real life as Adelie Penguins usually move about near the coastal region. Although Kowalski, Skipper and Rico, and Private are shown to be able to cope with living in other environments such as the City and the Desert ( when they were
falling from the plane.) Real life Adelie penguins can only coexist with the cold environment, and would not be able to live in the city or hot environments such as deserts.
Diet[]
The penguins of madagascar are shown to eat Cheezy puffs, although Adelie Penguins in real life actually eat krill.
Differences between the Penguins,and the Adelie Penguin[]
In the movie, the penguins can swallow anything and the vomit it out again without the object being damaged, and they're stomach seemed to be able to hold a massive amount of space since Rico ate several snow globes that would be bigger then his belly itself, he was still able to eat it all and the vomit it out again with no problem.
Although Adelie penguins CAN vomit out food, they cannot vomit out matter with such large volume like Rico did.