Aptenodytes

Aptenodytes
Temporal range: Pliocene to recent[1]
Emperor penguins swimming
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Aptenodytes
Miller, JF, 1778
Type species
Aptenodytes patagonicus
  Aptenodytes p. patagonicus
  breeding grounds

The genus Aptenodytes contains two extant species of penguins collectively known as "the great penguins".[2]

  1. ^ Gill, B.J. (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (Fourth ed.). Wellington: Te PaPa Press. p. 330. ISBN 978-1-877385-59-9.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference DeNapoli was invoked but never defined (see the help page).