Megadyptes

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Megadyptes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae Genus: Megadyptes Milne-Edwards, 1880
Species
M. antipodes †M. waitaha

Megadyptes ("large diver") is a genus of penguin which consists of two species, Megadyptes antipodes (Yellow-eyed Penguin) and the extinct Megadyptes waitaha (Waitaha Penguin).