| Common Name | Jackass penguin |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st Modifier | non-fish animal |
| 2nd Modifier | |
| Remarks | 'penguin', originally referred to great auk of Newfoundland (now extinct), of unknown origin, but often asserted from Welsh 'pen', i.e. 'head' + 'gwyn' i.e. 'white'. |