Pygoscelis

Brush-tailed penguins; Temporal range: Eocene to present
	Pygoscelis antarctica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Family:	Spheniscidae
Genus:	Pygoscelis; Wagler, 1832
Type species
	Aptenodytes antarctica;
Species
	Pygoscelis adeliae; Pygoscelis antarctica; Pygoscelis papua; †Pygoscelis tyreei (fossil); †Pygoscelis calderensis (fossil); †Pygoscelis grandis (fossil)

The genus Pygoscelis ("rump-legged") contains three living species of penguins collectively known as "brush-tailed penguins".^[2]

^ Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis 3 (1780): 134, 141, pl.4.
^ "Pygoscelis". www.pinguins.info. 2000. Archived from the original on 2010-05-01. Retrieved 2016-10-02.

Brush-tailed penguins Temporal range: Eocene to present

Pygoscelis antarctica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Sphenisciformes
Family:	Spheniscidae
Genus:	Pygoscelis Wagler, 1832
Type species
Aptenodytes antarctica^[1]
Species
Pygoscelis adeliae Pygoscelis antarctica Pygoscelis papua †Pygoscelis tyreei (fossil) †Pygoscelis calderensis (fossil) †Pygoscelis grandis (fossil)