Magellanic penguin
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| phylum | Chordata | The Magellanic Penguin is a South American penguin, breeding in coastal Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands, with some migrating to Brazil where they are occasionally seen as far north as Rio de Janeiro. It is the most numerous of the Spheniscus penguins. Its nearest relatives are the African, the Humboldt and the Galápagos Penguins. The Magellanic penguin was named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan, who spotted the birds in 1520.
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| clade | Diapsida | |
| Class | Aves | |
| order | Sphenisciformes | |
| family | Spheniscidae | |
| genus | Spheniscus | |
| species | S. magellanicus |
