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20 Species in Family Spheniscidae
Nominal species list for Spheniscidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 Emperor penguin
Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller, 1778 King penguin
Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster, 1781) Rockhopper penguin
Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt, 1837) Macaroni penguin
Eudyptes filholi Hutton, 1879 Southern rockhopper pengiun
Eudyptes moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921 Northern rockhopper penguin
Eudyptes pachyrhynchus Gray, 1845 Fiordland penguin
Eudyptes robustus Oliver, 1953 Snares penguin
Eudyptes schlegeli Finsch, 1876 Royal penguin
Eudyptes sclateri Buller, 1888 Erect-crested penguin
Eudyptula albosignata Finsch, 1874 White-flippered penguin
Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781) Blue penguin
Megadyptes antipodes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Yellow-eyed penguin
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) Adelie penguin
Pygoscelis antarcticus (Forster, 1781) Chinstrap penguin
Pygoscelis papua (Forster, 1781) Gentoo penguin
Spheniscus demersus (Linnaeus, 1758) Jackass penguin
Spheniscus humboldti Meyen, 1834 Humboldt penguin
Spheniscus magellanicus (Forster, 1781) Magellanic penguin
Spheniscus mendiculus Sundevall, 1871 Galapagos penguin
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