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{{Taxonomy
|name=Penguin
|image=Emperor penguins.jpg
|caption=
|domain=Eukaryota
|kingdom=Animalia
|subkingdom=Bilateria
|branch=
|superphylum=Deuterostomia
|phylum=Chordata
|subphylum=Vertebrata
|infraphylum=Gnathostomata
|microphylum=
|superdivision=
|division=
|subdivision=
|superclass=Tetrapoda
|class=Aves
|subclass=Neornithes
|infraclass=Neognathae
|superorder=
|order=Spheniciformes
|suborder=
|infraorder=
|superfamily=
|families=
|family=Spheniscidae
|subfamily=
|supertribe=
|tribe=
|subtribe=
|genera=''[[Aptenodytes]]''<br/>''[[Eudyptes]]''<br/>''[[Eudyptula]]''<br/>''[[Megadyptes]]''<br/>''[[Pygoscelis]]''<br/>''[[Spheniscus]]''
|genus=
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A number of kinds of flightless seabirds found in the southern hemisphere, '''penguins''' are actively swimming predators, feeding on [[fish]] and [[squid]]. Adelie penguins have been recorded diving to depths of over 2,000 feet.
A number of kinds of flightless seabirds found in the southern hemisphere, '''penguins''' are actively swimming predators, feeding on [[fish]] and [[squid]]. Adelie penguins have been recorded diving to depths of over 2,000 feet.