African Penguin

Summary

African Penguin is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month, #837 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• African Penguin's video is recorded as Vocal-individuality-cues-in-the-African-penguin-(Spheniscus-demersus)-a-source-filter-theory-srep17255-s3.ogv^[3].
• African Penguin's video is recorded as Penguin at Boulders 01.webm^[4].
• African Penguin's video is recorded as Grooming penguin at Boulders Beach.webm^[5].
• African Penguin's image is recorded as Pingüino de El Cabo (Spheniscus demersus), Playa de Boulders, Simon's Town, Sudáfrica, 2018-07-23, DD 11.jpg^[6].
• African Penguin's instance of is recorded as taxon^[7].
• African Penguin's taxon rank is recorded as species^[8].
• African Penguin's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Critically Endangered^[9].
• African Penguin's parent taxon is recorded as Spheniscus^[10].
• African Penguin's taxon range map image is recorded as African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) IUCN range 2024.svg^[11].
• African Penguin's taxon name is recorded as Spheniscus demersus^[12].
• African Penguin's subclass of is recorded as penguin^[13].
• African Penguin's Commons category is recorded as Spheniscus demersus^[14].
• African Penguin's IUCN taxon ID is recorded as 22697810^[15].
• African Penguin's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01v48h^[16].
• African Penguin's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 92683^[17].
• African Penguin's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph451653^[18].
• African Penguin's ITIS TSN is recorded as 174462^[19].
• African Penguin's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45512089^[20].
• African Penguin's BioLib taxon ID is recorded as 8364^[21].
• African Penguin's Fossilworks taxon ID is recorded as 173482^[22].
• African Penguin's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5229384^[23].
• African Penguin's WoRMS-ID for taxa is recorded as 212659^[24].
• African Penguin's Commons gallery is recorded as Spheniscus demersus^[25].
• African Penguin's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 1416669^[26].
• African Penguin's described by source is recorded as Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921^[27].

Why It Matters

African Penguin ranks in the top 0.43% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (833 views/month, #837 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]