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== Taxonomy ==
This species was originally given the [[binomial nomenclature|scientific name]] ''Aptenodytes antarctica'' by [[Johann Reinhold Forster]] in 1781, thereby placing it in the same [[genus]] as the [[King penguin|king]] and [[emperor penguin|emperor]] penguins. In 1990, [[Graham Turbott]] transferred this species into the genus ''Pygoscelis'', together with the [[Adélie penguin|Adélie]] and [[gentoo penguin|gentoo]] penguins. This gave it the new name ''P. antarctica''. However, this is an orthographic error due to the disagreement in Latin grammar between ''antarctica'' and its assigned genus. The corrected form, ''P. antarcticus'', is the currently accepted name for this species.<ref>''Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis'' 3 (1780): [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073704044;view=1up;seq=186 134], [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073704044;view=1up;seq=193 141], [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073704044;view=1up;seq=205 pl.4].</ref>