Megadyptes

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).

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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