Kingdom : | Animalia | Animals |
Phylum : | Chordata | Vertebrates |
Class : | Aves | This includes all birds. |
Subclass : | Impennes | Swimming birds which have only rudimentary feathers |
Order : | Sphenisciformes | This includes all living and extinct penguins. |
Family: | Spheniscidae | It is the only family classification in the order Sphenisciformes. |
Genus: Aptenodytes | |
Species (scientific or latin name) |
Common (English) name |
Aptenodytes forsteri | emperor penguin |
Aptenodytes patagonicus Two subspecies:
|
king penguin |
Genus: Pygoscelis | |
Species (scientific or latin name) |
Common (English) name |
Pygoscelis adeliae | adélie penguin |
Pygoscelis papua Two subspecies:
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gentoo penguin |
Pygoscelis antarctica | chinstrap penguin |
Genus: Spheniscus | |
Species (scientific or latin name) |
Common (English) name |
Spheniscus demersus | African or blackfooted or jackass penguin |
Spheniscus humboldti | Humboldt penguin |
Spheniscus magellanicus | Magellanic penguin |
Spheniscus mendiculus | Galapagos penguin |
Genus: Eudyptes | |
Species (scientific or latin name) |
Common (English) name |
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus | Fjordland penguin |
Eudyptes sclateri | Erect crested penguin |
Eudyptes robustus | Snares crested penguin |
Eudyptes chrysocome Three subspecies:
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rockhopper |
Eudyptes chrysolophus | Macaroni penguin |
Eudyptes schlegeli | Royal penguin |
Genus: Eudyptula | |
Species (scientific or latin name) |
Common (English) name |
Eudyptula minor Six subspecies:
|
Fairy little blue or Kororaa penguin |
Genus: Megadyptes | |
Species (scientific or latin name) |
Common (English) name |
Megadyptes antipodes | yellow-eyed penguin |