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Vertebrate Zoology Units: Birds: Order Sphenisciformes
Description. [eng]
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Eudyptes chrysocome (Rockhopper Penguin): Narrative
Geographic Range, Physical Characteristics, Natural History. [eng]
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Aptenodytes patagonicus (King Penguin, Penguin Real (Spanish)): Narrative
Geographic Range, Physical Characteristics, Natural History. [eng]
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Penguins
Penguins belong to the class Aves (the birds), and are members of the order Sphenisciformes, which contains only one family, Spheniscidae, of which all penguin species are members.
This single-family order is known as "Gregg's paraox", after the first taxonomer to complain about it. [eng]
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Photography of Hummingbirds and Swifts
This page contains samples from our picture files on Penguins. [eng]
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Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor Penguin): Narrative
Geographic Range, Physical Characteristics, Natural History. [eng]
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Sphenisciformes
List of Sphenisciformes links. [eng]
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