- Megadyptes
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Megadyptes Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Megadyptes
Milne-Edwards, 1880Species - M. antipodes
- †M. waitaha
Megadyptes ("large diver") is a genus of penguin which consists of two species, Megadyptes antipodes (Yellow-eyed Penguin) and the extinct Megadyptes waitaha (Waitaha Penguin).
Penguins (order: Sphenisciformes • family: Spheniscidae • subfamily: Spheniscinae) Genus Aptenodytes (great penguins) Pygoscelis (brush-tailed penguins) Eudyptula (little penguins) Little Penguin (or Little Blue Penguin) • White-flippered Penguin (or Northern Little Penguin)Spheniscus (banded penguins) Megadyptes Yellow-eyed Penguin • Waitaha Penguin (extinct)Eudyptes (crested penguins) Fiordland Penguin • Snares Penguin • Erect-crested Penguin • Southern Rockhopper Penguin • Northern Rockhopper Penguin • Royal Penguin • Macaroni Penguin • Chatham Islands Penguin (extinct)Categories:- Genera of birds
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