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Pygoscelis information


Brush-tailed penguins
Temporal range: Eocene to present
Pygoscelis antarctica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Sphenisciformes
Family: Spheniscidae
Genus: Pygoscelis
Wagler, 1832
Type species
Aptenodytes antarctica[1]
Species

Pygoscelis adeliae
Pygoscelis antarctica
Pygoscelis papua
Pygoscelis tyreei (fossil)
Pygoscelis calderensis (fossil)
Pygoscelis grandis (fossil)

The genus Pygoscelis ("rump-legged") contains three living species of penguins collectively known as "brush-tailed penguins".[2]

  1. ^ Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 3 (1780): 134, 141, pl.4.
  2. ^ "Pygoscelis". www.pinguins.info. 2000. Archived from the original on 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2016-10-02.

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Pygoscelis tyreei

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List of birds of Antarctica

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South Orkney Islands

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Micronucleus

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Faunia

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Magellanic penguin

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Snowy owl

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Emperor penguin

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Humboldt penguin

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Snares penguin

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Galapagos penguin

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Henryk Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station

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