Which penguin species is named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan?

The penguin species named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan is the Magellanic penguin.

Magellanic penguins live mainly along the coasts of southern South America, breeding in Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. The species was named in connection with the Strait of Magellan, the passage explored by Ferdinand Magellan’s expedition during its circumnavigation of the world in the early sixteenth century.

Magellanic penguins are medium-sized, black-and-white penguins with two black bands across the front of the neck and chest. They nest in burrows, beneath shrubs, or in other sheltered spaces, and many migrate northward after breeding to spend the non-breeding season at sea.

The Magellanic penguin belongs to the genus Spheniscus, alongside the Humboldt, Galápagos, and African penguins. Those four species are sometimes called banded penguins because of the dark breast bands visible on their fronts.