Little penguin
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The little penguin is a species of penguin from New Zealand. They are commonly known as fairy penguins, little blue penguins, or blue penguins, owing to their slate-blue plumage and are also known by their Māori name kororā. They are fossorial... Wikipedia
Conservation status: Least Concern (Population decreasing)
Scientific name: Eudyptula minor
Height: 12 – 14 in. (Adult)
Mass: 3.3 lbs (Adult)
Class: Aves
Domain: Eukaryota
Family: Spheniscidae
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The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) is a species of penguin from New Zealand. They are commonly known as fairy penguins, little blue penguins, or blue ...
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Phillip Island is home to Australia's largest colony of little penguins, with an impressive 40,000 breeding penguins found on the Summerland Peninsula.
Tiny blue-gray penguin with pale eye. Nests on the southern coastline of Australia and across New Zealand, where it breeds in burrows in dunes or rocks, ...
As the smallest penguin in the world, this flightless bird stands at an average height of 30 cm and has a weight of 1.1 to 1.2 kg.
Little Blue Penguins are considered the most primitive of all penguins. They are believed to have evolved in New Zealand and spread to South Australia. These ...
The Little Penguin®, the smallest of penguins, is found all along the coast of South Eastern Australia - from north of Sydney around to Western Australia, ...
The little penguin (Eudyptula minor), the smallest of all penguins (~30-40 cm), is endemic to southern Australia and New Zealand, breeding during the ...
6 days ago · Blue penguin, (Eudyptula minor), species of penguin (order Sphenisciformes) characterized by its diminutive stature and pale blue to dark gray plumage.
Little penguins are the smallest penguin species in the world and prefer rocks and sand rather than snow and ice.
The Little Penguin will stand 40 – 45 cm tall and weigh up to 1.2 kg. Compare this to the Emperor Penguin of. Antarctica which can stand over 110 cm tall and ...