A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Spheniscidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri G. R. Gray, 1844 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| King PenguinAptenodytes patagonicus J. F. Miller, 1778 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome (J. R. Forster, 1781) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes filholi F. W. Hutton, 1879 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes moseleyi Mathews & Iredale, 1921 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Snares PenguinEudyptes robustus Oliver, 1953 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fairy PenguinEudyptula minor (J. R. Forster, 1781) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-eyed PenguinMegadyptes antipodes (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Adelie PenguinPygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chinstrap PenguinPygoscelis antarcticus (J. R. Forster, 1781) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papua (J. R. Forster, 1781) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Humboldt PenguinSpheniscus humboldti Meyen, 1834 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magellanic PenguinSpheniscus magellanicus (J. R. Forster, 1781) | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Galapagos PenguinSpheniscus mendiculus Sundevall, 1871 | SpheniscidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.