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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Spheniscidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List

Alternative Names

? antipodes Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? demersa Linnaeus, 1758
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gracilis Wiman, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? gunnari Wiman, 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? ictus Ameghino, 1901
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? minor Forster, 1781
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? novaezealandiae Marples, 1960
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
? predemersus Simpson, 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Anthropornis Wiman 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Archaeospheniscus Marples 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Arthrodytes Ameghino 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Catarrhactes Vieillot 1826
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Chubutodyptes Simpson 1970
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Delphinornis Wiman 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Duntroonornis Marples 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eosphaeniscus Wiman 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Eretiscus Olson 1986
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Ichtyopteryx Wiman 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Isotremornis Ameghino 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Korora Marples 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Marambiornis Myrcha, Jadwiszczak, Tambussi, Noriega, Gaździcki, Tatur & del Valle 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Mesetaornis Myrcha, Jadwiszczak, Tambussi, Noriega, Gaździcki, Tatur & del Valle 2002
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Microdytes Simpson 1981
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neculus Ameghino 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Notodyptes Marples 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pachydyptes Oliver 1930
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Palaeospheniscus Moreno & Mercerat 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paraptenodytes Ameghino 1891
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Paraspheniscus Ameghino 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Perispheniscus Ameghino 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Platydyptes Marples 1953
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pseudospheniscus Ameghino 1905
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Spheniscus Humboldti Meyen 1834
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tasidyptes van Tets & O'Connor 1983
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Tonniornis Tambussi, Acosta Hospitaleche, Reguero & Marenssi 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Waimanu Slack, Jones, Ando, Harrison, Fordyce, Arnason & Penny 2006
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Wimanornis Simpson 1971
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

penguins preferred

Afrikaans

Pikkewyn preferred
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Albanian

Pinguini preferred
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Amharic

የዋልታ ወፍ preferred
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Arabic

بطريق preferred
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Armenian

պինգվիններ preferred
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Azerbaijani

Pinqvinlər preferred
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Basque

Pinguino preferred
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Bavarian

Pinguin preferred
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Belarusian

пінгвіны preferred
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Bengali

পেঙ্গুইন preferred
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Bosnian

Pingvin preferred
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Breton

Mank preferred
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Bulgarian

пингвини preferred
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Burmese

ပင်ဂွင်း preferred
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Catalan; Valencian

pingüí preferred
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Chechen

Tehkarg preferred
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Chinese

企鵝 preferred
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Cornish

Penn gwynn preferred
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Croatian

Pingvini preferred
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Czech

tučňákovití preferred
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Danish

pingviner preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

pinguïns preferred
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Esperanto

pingveno preferred
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Estonian

pingviinlased preferred
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Faroese

Pingvin preferred
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Finnish

Pingviinit
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pingviinit preferred
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French

manchot preferred
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Galician

Pingüín preferred
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Georgian

პინგვინისნაირნი preferred
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German

Pinguine preferred
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Greek, Modern (1453-)

Πιγκουίνος preferred
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Guarani

Yperana preferred
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Haitian; Haitian Creole

Penguin preferred
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Hausa

Fenjin preferred
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Hebrew

פינגוויניים preferred
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Hindi

पेंगुइन preferred
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Hungarian

pingvinfélék preferred
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Icelandic

mörgæsir preferred
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Ido

Pinguino preferred
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Igbo

Penguin preferred
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Ilocano

pinguino preferred
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Indonesian

Penguin preferred
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Irish

piongain preferred
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Italian

pinguino preferred
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Japanese

ペンギン科 preferred
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ペンギン preferred
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Javanese

Pinguin preferred
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Kabyle

Ameddul preferred
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Kalaallisut; Greenlandic

Isarukitsoq preferred
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Kannada

ಪೆಂಗ್ವಿನ್ preferred
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Kara-Kalpak

Pingvin preferred
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Kashubian

Pingwin preferred
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Kazakh

Пингвинтәрізділер preferred
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Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Пингвиндер preferred
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Korean

펭귄 preferred
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Lao

ຫ່ານຢິ່ງຢີ້ preferred
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Latvian

pingvīnu dzimta preferred
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Limburgan; Limburger; Limburgish

Pinguïns preferred
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Lingala

Pingwini preferred
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Lingua Franca Nova

Sfenisiformo preferred
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Lithuanian

Pingvininiai preferred
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Low Saxon

Pinguine preferred
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Luxembourgish; Letzeburgesch

Pinguinen preferred
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Macedonian

Пингвин preferred
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Maithili

पेन्गुइन preferred
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Malagasy

Penguin preferred
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Malay

Penguin preferred
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Malayalam

പെൻ ഗ്വിൻ preferred
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Marathi

पेंग्विन preferred
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Min Dong

Kié-ngò̤ preferred
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Mongolian

Оцон шувуу preferred
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Nahuatl

Tōtōmichin preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Tsídii naʼałkʼaiʼí preferred
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Nepali

पेन्गुइन preferred
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North Frisian

Pinguinen preferred
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Northern Sami

pingviinnat preferred
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Norwegian

Pingvinar preferred
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pingvinfamilien preferred
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Occitan (post 1500)

Pingoïn preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Пингвинтæ preferred
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Persian

پنگوئن preferred
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Polish

pingwiny preferred
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Portuguese

pinguim preferred
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Punjabi

ਪੈਂਗੁਇਨ preferred
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Quechua

Pinwinu preferred
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Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan

Pinguin preferred
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Russian

пингвиновые preferred
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Sakha

Пингвин preferred
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Scots

penguin preferred
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Scottish Gaelic

Ceann-fionn preferred
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Serbian

пингвин preferred
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Shambala

Pingvinke preferred
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Sicilian

Pinguinu preferred
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Slovak

tučniakotvaré preferred
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Spanish; Castilian

Pingvini preferred
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pingüino preferred
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Sundanese

Pénguin preferred
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Swahili

Ngwini preferred
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Swedish

pingviner preferred
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Tagalog

Penguino preferred
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Tamil

பென்குயின் preferred
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Tatar

Пингвинлылар preferred
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Telugu

పెంగ్విన్ preferred
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Thai

เพนกวิน preferred
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Tibetan

བྱ་ཁྱིའུ། preferred
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Turkish

Penguen preferred
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Ukrainian

пінгвіни preferred
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Urdu

بطريق preferred
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Uzbek

Pingvin preferred
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Vietnamese

Chim cánh cụt preferred
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Welsh

Pengwin preferred
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Western Frisian

Pinguins preferred
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Wu

企鹅 preferred
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Yiddish

פינגווין preferred
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Zhuang; Chuang

Gijngoz preferred
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Zulu

Iphengwini preferred
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Arz

بطريق preferred
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Ckb

پەنگوین preferred
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De Ch

Pinguine preferred
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En Ca

Penguin preferred
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En Gb

penguin preferred
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Hak

Khî-ngò preferred
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Lzh

企鵝 preferred
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Mrj

Пингвин preferred
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Nan

Khiā-gô preferred
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Nds Nl

Pinguïn preferred
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Pnb

پینگوئن preferred
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Pt Br

pinguim preferred
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Sr Ec

пингвин preferred
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Vec

Pinguin preferred
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Vls

Pinguins preferred
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Yue

企鵝 preferred
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Zea

Pinguïns preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Spheniscidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata

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Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata