Aptenodytes
The genus Aptenodytes contains two extant and one extinct species of penguins, collectively known as the "great penguins".
Etymology
The name "Aptenodytes" is a composite of Ancient Greek elements, "ἀ-πτηνο-δύτης".Taxonomy
- King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
- *Aptenodytes patagonicus patagonicus
- *Aptenodytes patagonicus halli
- Emperor penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri
- Ridgen's penguin, Aptenodytes ridgeni, an extinct species known from fossil bones of Early or Late Pliocene age.