The order of Spheniscoformes
| Genus | Species | Sub-species |
| Subgroup 1: |
| jackass, Spheniscus |
| Humboldt (Peruvian penguin, S. humboldti) | |
| African (Cape, Jackass, African, Black footed, S. demersus) | |
| Galapagos (S. mendiculus) | |
| Magellanic (S. magellanicus) | |
| Eudiptula |
| Little (E. minor) | Fairy penguin (E.m. novaehollandiae) |
| | Northern blue (E.m. iredalei) |
| | Cook strait blue (E.m. variabilis) |
| | White-flippered (E.m. albosignata) |
| | Southern blue (E.m. minor) |
| | Chatham Island blue (E.m. Chathamensis) |
| Megadyptes |
| Yellow-eyed (M. antipodes) | |
| Crested, Eudyptes |
| Erect-crested (E. sclateri) | |
| Rockhopper (E. chrysocome) | short-tufted (E.c. chrysocome) |
| | long-tufted (E.c. moseleyi) |
| | (E.c. filholi) |
| Fjordland-crested (Thick-billed, E. pachyrynchus) | |
| Snares Island (Snares-crested, E. robustus) | |
| Macaroni (E. chrysolophus) | |
| Royal (E. schlegeli) | |
| Subgroup 2: |
| Brush-tailed, Pygoscelis |
| Gentoo (P. papua) | (P.p. papua) |
| | (P.p. ellsworthi) |
| Adelie (P. adiliae) | |
| Chinstrap (Ringed, P. antarctica) | |
| Regal, Aptenodyptes |
| Emperor (A. forsteri) | |
| King (A. patagonica) | (A.p. patagonicus) |
| | (A.p. halli) |
