African penguin
Banded penguins belong to the genus "Spheniscus", which was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760 with the African penguin ("Spheniscus demersus") as the type species. The genus name "Spheniscus" is derived from the Ancient Greek word σφήν ("sphẽn") meaning "wedge" and is a reference to the animal's thin, wedge-shaped flippers.