Megadyptes

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Megadyptes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Family:	Spheniscidae
Genus:	Megadyptes Milne-Edwards, 1880
Species
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).

v t e Penguins (order: Sphenisciformes · family: Spheniscidae · subfamily: Spheniscinae)

Genus	Species

Aptenodytes (great penguins)	King Penguin Emperor Penguin

Pygoscelis (brush-tailed penguins)	Adelie Penguin Chinstrap Penguin Gentoo Penguin

Eudyptula (little penguins)	Little Penguin (or Little Blue Penguin) White-flippered Penguin (or Northern Little Penguin)

Spheniscus (banded penguins)	Magellanic Penguin Humboldt Penguin Galapagos Penguin African Penguin

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)

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