have not yielded Paleogene fossils of the subfamily. Also, the earliest spheniscine lineages are those with the most southern distribution. The genus Aptenodytes...

nestling — — colony huddle raft (in water) rookery tuxedo waddle (on land) spheniscine Pheasant chick hen cock bouquet flock nest nide nye phasianine Pig (list)...

likely given its age — it would be the last known survivor of the non-spheniscine penguins — but as some of these still lived a few million years ago,...