Aptenodytes
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Aptenodytes | image = Emperor penguins.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = A. forsteri | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Sphenisciformes | familia = Spheniscidae | genus = Aptenodytes | genus_authority = Miller,JF, 1778 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
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The genus Aptenodytes (from the Greek for "flightless diver") contains two species of penguins collectively known as "the great penguins".
- King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus
- Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteriTemplate:Bird-stub