Living Beings

    clade · Scientific classification

    Aequornithes

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    Source-identified Aptenodytes forsteri; Documentary organism photograph. Framed for display
    Emperor Penguin · Diego Tirira from Quito, Ecuador · CC BY-SA 2.0

    Classification in context

    Lineage

    1. LifeLife
    2. DomainEukaryota
    3. KingdomAnimalia
    4. PhylumChordata
    5. ClassAves
    Advanced classification

    Complete source lineage, including intermediate ranks. The standard view uses Life and the eight principal ranks.

    1. cellular organisms cellular root
    2. Eukaryota domain
    3. Opisthokonta clade
    4. Metazoa kingdom
    5. Eumetazoa clade
    6. Bilateria clade
    7. Deuterostomia clade
    8. Chordata phylum
    9. Craniata subphylum
    10. Vertebrata clade
    11. Gnathostomata clade
    12. Teleostomi clade
    13. Euteleostomi clade
    14. Sarcopterygii superclass
    15. Dipnotetrapodomorpha clade
    16. Tetrapoda clade
    17. Amniota clade
    18. Sauropsida clade
    19. Sauria clade
    20. Archelosauria clade
    21. Archosauria clade
    22. Dinosauria clade
    23. Saurischia clade
    24. Theropoda clade
    25. Coelurosauria clade
    26. Aves class
    27. Neognathae infraclass
    28. Neoaves clade
    29. Aequornithes clade

    NCBI Taxonomy (2026-11-05 reconciled backbone) · Taxon source ↗

    Records in this collection

    Principal members

    1 published profile in this branch.

    Sphenisciformes · order

    Within this taxon

    Published profiles

    Source-identified Aptenodytes forsteri; Documentary organism photograph. Framed for display
    Species · Aptenodytes

    Emperor Penguin

    Aptenodytes forsteri

    Emperor penguins breed through the Antarctic winter and obtain food at sea. Their annual cycle links breeding colonies on sea ice with …

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