Palaeeudyptes (SciiFii)

The great brown penguin (Palaeeudyptes modernus), also known as the sword-billed penguin, is a species of large penguin that originally lived in what is now New Zealand during the Eocene as an extinct species of Palaeeudyptes and was once extinct, but has since been brought back from extinction by SciiFii and introduced to the modern New Zealand, Tasmanian, and Australian coastlines to help boost biodiversity. It is larger than almost all native modern penguins, with the smallest subspecies being about the size of an emperor penguin and the largest ones standing about 2 meters tall. As both of its names suggests, it has dark brown feathers on its back that are almost black in color, and its beak is long and sword-like much like South American giant penguin species, used for spearing fish such as tuna and among other fish, as well as cephalopods such as humboldt squid. The conservation status of the great brown penguin is Least Concern due to successful conservation efforts, the great brown penguin's wide range in Oceania, and its tolerance to both pollution and settlements on coastal areas.