| Common Name | African penguin |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official Trade Name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Namibia |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Bianchi, G., K.E. Carpenter, J.-P. Roux, F.J. Molloy, D. Boyer and H.J. Boyer, 1999 |
| Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | morphology |
| 1st Modifier | locality/area |
| 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'. |