Little penguin | |
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Little penguin (Eudyptula minor), moving up from the shore at night towards its burrow on Kapiti Island, New Zealand. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Sphenisciformes |
Family: | Spheniscidae |
Genus: | Eudyptula |
Species: | E. minor
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Binomial name | |
Eudyptula minor (Forster, 1781)
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The range of Eudyptula minor is in blue.[2] |
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 penguins, owing to their slate-blue plumage and are also known by their Māori name kororā. They are fossorial birds.[3]
The Australian little penguin (Eudyptula novaehollandiae), from Australia and the Otago region of New Zealand, is considered a separate species by a 2016 study[4] and a 2019 study.[5]
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