The little penguin (Eudyptula minor) is the smallest species of penguin.
Some little penguins are drowned when amateur fishermen set gill nets near penguin colonies.
Little penguins spend 80% of their lives at sea swimming and foraging for food. source
Little penguins spend 80% of their lives at sea swimming and foraging for food.
Adult little penguins are the only penguins in the world with blue and white feathers instead of black and white feathers. source
Adult little penguins are the only penguins in the world with blue and white feathers instead of black and white feathers.
Penguins are seabirds that don't fly. They have a beak, feathers and lay eggs. Penguins have modified wings called flippers that they use for swimming in the ocean. source
Penguins are seabirds that don't fly. They have a beak, feathers and lay eggs. Penguins have modified wings called flippers that they use for swimming in the ocean.
Little penguins are only found in southern Australia and New Zealand. source
Little penguins are only found in southern Australia and New Zealand.
Phillip Island is home to an estimated 32,000 little penguins. Current estimates put the total little penguin population at one million.
The little penguin breeds along the entire coastline of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, and southern Australia (including roughly 20,000 pairs on Babel Island).
The largest colony of little penguins in Victoria is located at Phillip Island, where the nightly 'parade' of penguins across Summerland Beach has been a major tourist destination, and more recently a major conservation effort, since the 1920s. Phillip Is
The largest colony of little penguins in Western Australia is believed to be located on Penguin Island. An estimated 1,000 pairs nest there during the winter.
Little penguins have long been a curiosity to humans, and to children in particular.
